Family size, birth order, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, parent-child relationship, and preschool children's intellectual development

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-79

  Liang, Shu ^a   Sugawara, Alan I ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intellectual development; Preschool

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347969120     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443961240107     Document Type: Article

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