Family structure and college graduation: Is the stepparent effect more negative than the single parent effect?

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 498-521

  Wojtkiewicz, Roger A ^a   Holtzman, Mellisa ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79958701389     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732173.2011.574048     Document Type: Article

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