Individual differences in the pathways into and beyond higher education in the UK: A life-course approach

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-134

  Feinstein, Leon ^a   Vignoles, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 39049092839     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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