Peer influences on the college-going decisions of low socioeconomic status urban youth

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 128-146

  Sokatch, Andrew ^a  

^a New Teacher Project

Author keywords

College access; Peer groups; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749851002     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124506291783     Document Type: Article

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