Educational resilience in later life: Resources and assets in adolescence and return to education after leaving school at age 16

Social Science Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 873-896

  Sacker, Amanda ^a   Schoon, Ingrid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assets; NCDS; Resilience; Resources; Return to education

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447503351     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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