Family and Parent Correlates of Educational Achievement: Migrant Children in China

Asian Social Work and Policy Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-137

  Guo, Jing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; China; Education; Migrant children; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957881876     PISSN: 17531403     EISSN: 17531411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-1411.2011.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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