The impact of community diversity and consolidated inequality on dropping out of high school

Family Relations

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-118

  Van Dorn, Richard A ^a   Bowen, Gary L ^b   Blau, Judith R ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Consolidated inequality; Context; Diversity; Dropout; Multilevel

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645017236     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00360.x     Document Type: Review

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