All in the family?. Family composition, resources, and sibling similarity in socioeconomic status

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-306

  Conley, Dalton ^a   Glauber, Rebecca ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family background; Family composition; Intergenerational correlation; Sibling correlation; Siblings; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949126897     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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