Gender differences in the educational expectations of urban, low-income african american youth: The role of parents and the school

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-427

  Wood, Dana ^a,b   Kaplan, Rachel ^b   McLoyd, Vonnie C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

African American youth; Educational expectations; Gender differences; School protective factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248228103     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9186-2     Document Type: Article

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