The role of educational aspirations and expectations in the discontinuity of intergenerational low-income status

Social Work Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-151

  Lee, Jungeun Olivia ^a   Hill, Karl G ^a   Hawkins, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

adult income; childhood poverty; educational aspirations; low income

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868019941     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: 15456838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/svs025     Document Type: Article

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