From high school jocks to college grads: Assessing the long-term effects of high school sport participation on females' educational attainment

Youth and Society

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 443-462

  Troutman, Kelly P ^a   Dufur, Mikaela J ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Extracurricular activities; Postsecondary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249696942     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X06290651     Document Type: Article

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