Social Inequalities of Post-secondary Educational Aspirations: Influence of social background, school composition and institutional context

European Educational Research Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 504-519

  Dupriez, Vincent ^a   Monseur, Christian ^b   Van Campenhoudt, Maud ^a   Lafontaine, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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EID: 84871373259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14749041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/eerj.2012.11.4.504     Document Type: Article

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