Truancy as a contextual and school-related problem: A comparative multilevel analysis of country and school characteristics on civic knowledge among 14 year olds

Educational Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-142

  Claes, Ellen ^a   Hooghe, Marc ^a   Reeskens, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Civic knowledge; Comparative research; Truancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449364574     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690802470258     Document Type: Article

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