Educational aspirations among low-income youths: Examining multiple conceptual models

Children and Schools

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-124

  Berzin, Stephanie C ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspirations; High school; Poverty; Social support; Youths

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956239493     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/32.2.112     Document Type: Article

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