Comparative youth transition research: Methods, meanings, and research relations

European Sociological Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-150

  Bynner, John ^a   Chisholm, Lynne ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

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EID: 0032390709     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a018231     Document Type: Article

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