The effects of several of the most common family structures on the academic achievement of eighth graders

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 73-97

  Jeynes, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's academic achievement; Divorced families; Family structure; Remarried families; Single parent families

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034364540     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v30n01_06     Document Type: Article

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