Social Origins and the Educational and Occupational Achievements of the 1.5 and Second Generations.

Special surveys show social origins are important determinants in the educational achievements of immigrant children. However, the omission of social origin questions on large surveys frequently prevents studying the relationship between social origins and the socioeconomic attainments of immigrant...

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Published in:	Canadian Review of Sociology Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 339 - 370
Main Author:	Boyd, Monica
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell November 2009
Subjects:	Occupational achievement Academic achievement Children of immigrants Social surveys Canada
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