Post-secondary educational attainment of immigrant and native youth

Social Forces

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-152

  Keller, Ursula ^a   Tillman, Kathryn Harker ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57049161493     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0104     Document Type: Article

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