Marital and parental relationship quality and educational outcomes for youth

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 249-269

  Orthner, Dennis K ^a   Jones Sanpei, Hinckley ^a   Hair, Elizabeth C ^b   Moore, Kristin A ^b   Day, Randal D ^c   Kaye, Kelleen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropout; High school graduation; Marriage; Parenthood; Workforce development

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449157464     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01494920902733617     Document Type: Article

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