Families' social backgrounds matter: Socio-economic factors, home learning and young children's language, literacy and social outcomes

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 893-914

  Hartas, Dimitra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84855730771     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411926.2010.506945     Document Type: Article

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