It takes a village (perhaps a nation): Families, states, and educational achievement

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1362-1376

  Heuveline, Patrick ^a   Yang, Hongxing ^b   Timberlake, Jeffrey M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood children; Cross national; Education; Family policy; Family structure; Multilevel models

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957238655     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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