Educational attainment in immigrant families : community context and family background /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gonzalez, Gabriella
Corporate Author:	NetLibrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2005.
Series:	New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subjects:	Children of immigrants > Education > United States. Educational attainment > United States. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Understanding status attainment processes within native and immigrant families
Predictors of social status: investigating the roles of educational attainment and country of origin
The effects of community context on the occupational status of immigrant families and on the educational attainment of their children
The influences of parental involvement on the educational attainment of children in immigrant families
Conclusions and policy implications.