Family income and early achievement across the urban-rural continuum

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1452-1465

  Miller, Portia ^a   Votruba Drzal, Elizabeth ^a   Setodji, Claude Messan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement disparities; Income; Urbanicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84879018933     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030244     Document Type: Article

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