Family income, school attendance, and academic achievement in elementary school

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 741-753

  Morrissey, Taryn W ^a   Hutchison, Lindsey ^b   Winsler, Adam ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Family income; School attendance

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POVERTY; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84895138413     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033848     Document Type: Article

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