Immigrant adolescents' individual and environmental influences on young adults' educational attainment

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 485-499

  Marjoribanks, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 4644306221     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.35.3.485     Document Type: Article

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