Pursuit of university education among the children of immigrants in Canada: The roles of parental human capital and social capital

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-207

  Abada, Teresa ^a   Tenkorang, Eric Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Immigrant youth; Integration; Race ethnicity; Second generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449627647     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676260802558870     Document Type: Article

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