Explaining Educational Decision and Effects of Families' Social Class Position: An Empirical Test of the Breen-Goldthorpe Model of Educational Attainment.
This article tests whether the Breen-Goldthorpe model offers an empirically valid prediction of educational decisions and a complete explanation of how they are affected by social class. This is done using data from a panel study of families who had decided on secondary school tracks for their child...
| Publicado en: | European Sociological Review Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 505 - 520 |
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Oxford University Press / UK
September 2007
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