Family policy, family structure, and children's educational achievement

Social Science Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 804-817

  Hampden Thompson, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative; Educational achievement; Family policy; Family structure; PISA; Single mother families

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875806820     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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