Partnership Instability, School Readiness, and Gender Disparities

Sociology of Education

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 246-259

  Cooper, Carey E ^a   Osborne, Cynthia A ^b   Beck, Audrey N ^c   McLanahan, Sara S ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

early education; Fragile Families; gender disparities; partnership instability; school readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959550400     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040711402361     Document Type: Article

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