Why one goes to school: What school means to young people entering foster care

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-51

  Hedin, Lena ^a   Höjer, Ingrid ^b   Brunnberg, Elinor ^c  

^a Örebro University   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Education; Foster care (family); Gender; Refugee children

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650255278     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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