Segregated from the start: Peer context in center-based child care

Children and Schools

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 71-82

  Fram, Maryah Stella ^a   Kim, Jinseok ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Seoul Women University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

child care; peer context; segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866673837     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/cds011     Document Type: Article

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