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March 2010 (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
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Poorer children's educational attainment: how important are attitudes and behaviour?
Type: External publications
Authors: Alissa Goodman and Paul Gregg (eds)

This report examines the extent to which the aspirations, attitudes and behaviour of parents and children can help explain why poor children typically do worse at school than children from richer backgrounds. It is based on the analysis of a number of large-scale longitudinal data sources capturing groups of children in the UK from early childhood through to late adolescence.

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