Contributions to variations in academic trajectories amongst recent immigrant youth

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 500-510

  Suárez Orozco, Carola ^a   Hee Jin Bang, ^a   Onaga, Marie ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic pathways; adolescence; immigrants; policy and practice implications

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HAITI; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; JUVENILE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; POVERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMS THEORY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 78650201816     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025409360304     Document Type: Article

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