Educational aspirations of male and female adolescents from single-parent and two biological parent families: A comparison of influential factors

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1010-1023

  Garg, Rashmi ^a   Melanson, Stella ^b,c   Levin, Elizabeth ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ontario Early Years and Social Planning Council   (Canada)

^c Ontario Early Years Education and Social Planning Council   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Divorce; Educational aspirations

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548941163     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-006-9137-3     Document Type: Article

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