School's out! Why earlier among children of lone parents?

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-144

  Weitoft, Gunilia Ringbäck ^a,b   Hjern, Anders ^a,c   Rosén, Måns ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Family structure; Lone mother; Lone parent; Parent child relationships; School children; Single mother; Single parent; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442562658     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-6866.2004.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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