High school completion: The influence of schools, families, and adolescent parenting

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 710-724

  Pirog, Maureen A ^a   Magee, Chris ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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