Family socioeconomic status, parental involvement, and college major choices - Gender, race/ethnic, and nativity patterns

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-234

  Ma, Yingyi ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College major choice; Family socioeconomic status; Gender; Parental involvement; Race and nativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 66849121995     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2009.52.2.211     Document Type: Article

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