A path model with mediating factors of parents' education on students' reading achievement in seven countries

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 507-520

  Myrberg, Eva ^a   Rosén, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross country comparison; Cultural capital; Parents' education; Reading achievement; Social background; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249105334     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803610802576742     Document Type: Article

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