Family Socioeconomic Status at Birth and Rates of University Participation

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-36

  Fergusson, David M ^a   Woodward, Lianne J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Longitudinal study; Socioeconomic status; Tertiary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034358335     PISSN: 00288276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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