The Extended Family and Children's Educational Success

American Sociological Review

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 903-922

  Jæger, Mads Meier ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

educational success; extended family; family background; first cousins; siblings

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84870330689     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122412464040     Document Type: Article

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