Completing school in Australia: Trends in the 1990s

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-31

  Lamb, Stephen ^a  

^a Australian Cncl Educ Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Educational opportunities; Equal education; Outcomes of education; Participant characteristics; School holding power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039984897     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494419804200102     Document Type: Article

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