Adoptive Status, Social Capital, and Academic Achievement

Adoptive Status, Social Capital, and Academic Achievement

This dissertation examined the relationships among adoptive status, social capital, and academic achievement. Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) had 609 adopted and 11, 940 non-adopted adolescents. I used OLS regression models to help explain why adopted adol...

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Main Author: Toussaint, Jeffrey Guy
Other Authors: Sociology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
Subjects:
Family
Academic Achievement
Adoption
Social Capital
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27815
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05202008-144755/

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http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27815
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05202008-144755/

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