Secondary school decile ratings and participation in tertiary education

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-206

  Hughes, David ^a   Pearce, Di ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Educational disadvantage; Educational inequality; Tertiary education, socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042540395     PISSN: 00288276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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