Family resources and cognitive performance by primary school students in Brazil

This article discusses the processes by which family structure affects students' cognitive performance in Brazilian schools. The article's basic premise is that family influence is not a uni-dimensional construct, and the study thus uses four dimensions to capture such influence. The effec...

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Main Authors: José Francisco Soares, Ana Cristina Murta Collares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 2007-01-01
Series:Dados: Revista de Ciências Sociais
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Online Access:http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0011-52582007000100006&lng=en&tlng=en