Time to Read: Family Resources and Educational Outcomes in Britain

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Cheung, Sin Yi ^a   Andersen, Robert ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTELLECT; READING; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0348048746     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.34.3.413     Document Type: Review

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