Environmental and individual influences on australian young adults’ likelihood of attending university: A follow-up study

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-147

  Marjoribanks, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attending university; Distal family context; Individual characteristics; Logistic regression; Proximal learning environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142719111     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GNTP.165.2.134-147     Document Type: Article

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