Women, men and social class revisited: An assessment of the utility of a 'combined' schema in the context of minority ethnic educational achievement in Britain

Sociology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 691-708

  Rothon, Catherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class schemas; Education; Ethnicity; GCSE; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 47849119546     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038508091623     Document Type: Article

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