Understanding parental influence on educational outcomes among 9 year olds in Ireland: The mediating role of resources, attitudes and children's own perspectives

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-104

  Smyth, Emer ^a   Whelan, Christopher T ^b   McCoy, Selina ^a   Quail, Amanda ^a   Doyle, Erika ^c  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agency; Children; Educational achievement; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960454776     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-009-9051-9     Document Type: Article

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