The transmission of social inequality: Examination of the linkages between family socioeconomic status in childhood and educational achievement in young adulthood

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-295

  Fergusson, David M ^a   Horwood, L John ^a   Boden, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Educational achievement; Latent variables; Longitudinal study; Socioeconomic status; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749088986     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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