Family Policies and Children's School Achievement in Single- Versus Two-Parent Families

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 681-699

  Pong, Suet Ling ^a   Dronkers, Jaap ^b   Hampden Thompson, Gillian ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Family policy; Family structure; International comparison; Single parent family

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042418687     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.00681.x     Document Type: Review

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