Family, Gender, and Educational Attainment in Britain: A Longitudinal Study.
Two crucial measures of educational attainment in Britain are the General Certificate of Education (GCSE) and A-levels. There is concern about boys' underachievement, as girls out-perform boys, particularly at GCSE. This paper examines the complex ways families transmit (dis)advantage across the g...
| Published in: | Journal of Comparative Family Studies Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 565 - 590 |
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