Not making the transition to college: School, work, and opportunities in the lives of American youth

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1249-1262

  Bozick, Robert ^a   DeLuca, Stefanie ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Latent class analysis; Life course; Postsecondary education; Work; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957471542     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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