Paths to literacy and numeracy problems: Evidence from two British birth cohorts

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-244

  Richards, M ^a   Power, C ^b   Sacker, A ^c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LITERACY; OCCUPATION; POST-WAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ADULT; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 62449278943     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.064923     Document Type: Article

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