Status configurations, military service and higher education

Social Forces

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 397-422

  Wang, Lin ^a   Elder, Glen H ^a   Spence, Naomi J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84873155931     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/sos174     Document Type: Article

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