The importance of family structure and family income on family's educational expenditure and children's college attendance: Empirical evidence from Taiwan

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 753-786

  Han, Wen Jui ^a   Huang, Chien Chung ^b   Garfinkel, Irwin ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College attendance; Educational expenditure; Family structure; Single father families; Single mother families

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041852637     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X03254518     Document Type: Review

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