Assets and liabilities, race/ethnicity, and children's college education

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2168-2175

  Zhan, Min ^a   Sherraden, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; College education; Liabilities; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053457584     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.06.024     Document Type: Article

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