Does the EDI Equivalently Measure Facets of School Readiness for Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal children?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 299-314

  Muhajarine, Nazeem ^a,c   Puchala, Chassidy ^a   Janus, Magdalena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal populations; Child development; Culture; School readiness

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURE; EDUCATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MINORITY GROUP; SOCIAL STATUS;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN; SASKATOON;

EID: 79961025288     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9847-0     Document Type: Article

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