No place like home? Familism and Latino/a-white differences in college pathways

Social Science Research

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 219-235

  Ovink, Sarah M ^a   Kalogrides, Demetra ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational achievement; Higher education; Latino a familism; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; PARENT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GOALS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARENTS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84923141192     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.12.018     Document Type: Article

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