Simon or Sipho: South African children's given names and their academic achievement in grade one

Applied Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 421-437

  Liddell, Christine ^a   Lycett, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040041918     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.1998.tb00036.x     Document Type: Article

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