Adolescents' expectations for higher education in Bogotá, Colombia, and La Paz, Bolivia

Youth and Society

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-76

  Forste, Renata ^a,b   Heaton, Tim B ^a,b   Haas, David W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Sociology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Educational expectations; Latin America; Status attainment

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344617773     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X03260762     Document Type: Review

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