School performance, league tables and social geography

Applied Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-223

  Herbert, David T ^a   Thomas, Colin J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

UNITED KINDOM, WALES, SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0032408101     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-6228(98)00015-0     Document Type: Article

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