Neighborhood distress and school dropout: The variable significance of community context

Social Science Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 659-698

  Crowder, Kyle ^a   South, Scott J ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective socialization; Dropout; Neighborhood distress; Social capital; Social control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345492356     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-089X(03)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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