The gender gap in educational expectations among youth in the foster care system

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1683-1688

  Kirk, Chris Michael ^a   Lewis, Rhonda K ^a   Brown, Kyrah ^a   Nilsen, Corinne ^a   Colvin, Deltha Q ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational expectations; Foster care; Gender gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863873034     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.04.026     Document Type: Article

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