An analysis of associations between residential and school mobility and educational outcomes in South African urban children: The Birth to Twenty cohort

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-222

  Ginsburg, Carren ^a   Richter, Linda M ^a,b   Fleisch, Brahm ^a   Norris, Shane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Numeracy and literacy; Residential mobility; School mobility; School progression; South Africa; Urban children

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LITERACY; MOBILITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79952536951     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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