Parental support for African immigrant students' schooling in Australia

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-165

  Bitew, Getnet ^a   Ferguson, Peter ^b  

^a University of Melbourne ^*  (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 77952964599     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.41.1.149     Document Type: Article

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