Do students of noncollege-educated parents achieve less academically than students of college-educated parents?

Psychological Reports

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 417-421

  Zalaquett, Carlos P ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346542796     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.85.2.417     Document Type: Article

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