Urban teenagers work and dropout

Youth and Society

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-32

  Entwisle, Doris R ^a   Alexander, Karl L ^a   Olson, Linda Steffel ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropout hazard; Effects of retention; Teenage work

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944468300     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X04268313     Document Type: Review

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