Educational progress and parenting among mexican immigrant mothers of young children

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 976-990

  Crosnoe, Robert ^a   Kalil, Ariel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexican immigrants; Parent education; Parental involvement in education; Parenting; policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955139266     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00743.x     Document Type: Article

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