Parental divorce, sibship size, family resources, and children's academic performance

Social Science Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 622-634

  Sun, Yongmin ^a   Li, Yuanzhang ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 1803 Research Blfd   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Child well being; Family resources; Family structure; Parental divorce; Sibship size

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATHEMATICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARRIAGE; MATHEMATICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70149085616     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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