Why do faith secondary schools have advantaged intakes? the relative importance of neighbourhood characteristics, social background and religious identification amongst parents

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 691-712

  Allen, Rebecca ^a   West, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79960243940     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411926.2010.489145     Document Type: Article

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