Family size, family type and student achievement: Cross-national differences and the role of socioeconomic and school factors

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Marks, Gary N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVORCE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; READING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SIBLING; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STEPFAMILY; STUDENT;

EID: 32644437738     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.37.1.1     Document Type: Review

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