Re-counting 'illiteracy': Literacy skills in the sociology of social inequality

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-240

  Payne, Geoff ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Education; Literacy; Research methods; Social divisions; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 33744723761     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2006.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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