The effects of children of divorce living with neither parent on the academic achievement of those children

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 103-120

  Jeynes, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Divorce; Education; Family; Family structure; Single parent families

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008770551     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v30n03_07     Document Type: Article

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