Self-sufficiency at ages 27 to 33 years: Factors present between birth and 18 years that predict educational attainment among children born to inner-city families

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 80-87

  Hardy, Janet B ^a,c   Shapiro, Sam ^b   Mellits, E David ^a   Skinner, Elizabeth A ^b   Astone, Nan Marie ^b   Ensminger, Margaret ^b   LaVeist, Thomas ^b   Baumgardner, Rosemary A ^a   Starfield, Barbara H ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Schools Med and Hyg and Pub Hlth ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

financial independence; health; inner city children and adolescents; lifestyle; predictors of educational attainment; successful adult outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030975388     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.1.80     Document Type: Article

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