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Peer reviewedPerlmann, Joel – History of Education Quarterly, 1983
Analysis of data on homeownership and school attendance in Providence (Rhode Island) suggests that working-class families who purchased homes generally did not do so by providing less schooling for their children than other working-class families. Alternative strategies to raise money were more important than sending children to work. (IS)
Descriptors: Attendance, Child Labor, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
