Economic, social and embodied cultural capitals as shapers and predictors of boys' educational aspirations

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 351-359

  Stockfelt, Shawanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital; critical realism; educational aspirations; Jamaica; logistic regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963820975     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2014.968911     Document Type: Article

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