Composite Geographical Context and School Choice Attitudes in Sweden: A Study Based on Individually Defined, Scalable Neighborhoods

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 869-888

  Malmberg, Bo ^a   Andersson, Eva K ^a   Bergsten, Zara ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bespoke neighborhoods; contextual effects; parental decision making; school choice

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; URBAN SOCIETY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84903487321     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2014.912546     Document Type: Article

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