Educational attainment of Norwegian men: Influence of parental and early individual characteristics

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 799-814

  Kristensen, Petter ^a,b   Gravseth, Hans M ^a   Bjerkedal, Tor ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Forsvarsnett   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORWAY; PARENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ADULT; APTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; NORWAY; PARENTS;

EID: 74249111449     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932009990228     Document Type: Article

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