Improving post-school outcomes for rural school leavers

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-47

  Abbott Chapman, Joan ^b   Kilpatrick, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aspirations; Family attitudes; Outcomes of education; Rural youth; School leavers; Vocational education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035315730     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494410104500104     Document Type: Article

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