Neighborhood characteristics, parental practices and children's math achievement in elementary school

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1434-1444

  Greenman, Emily ^a   Bodovski, Katerina ^a   Reed, Katherine ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Elementary school; Neighborhoods; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960897386     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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