Families, Economies, Cultures, and Science Achievement in 41 Countries: Country-, School-, and Student-Level Analyses

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 510-519

  Chiu, Ming Ming ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Comparative education; Cross cultural studies; family involvement; family structure; hierarchical linear modeling

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCIENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FAMILY; HUMANS; SCIENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34748876532     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.21.3.510     Document Type: Article

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