The reliability of family background effects on status attainment: Multiple informant models

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-234

  De Vries, Jannes ^a   De Graaf, Paul M ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Family background; Measurement error; Reliability; Status attainment; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149086622     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-006-9042-6     Document Type: Article

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