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extended kinship and education  

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  • Extended kinship and significant others in education have been underinvestigated, despite their potentially powerful effects on schooling practices and outcomes. Researchers claim that there is a need to understand how social processes operate as intervening factors between social characteristics and performance variables. [Source: Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide; Extended Kinship and Education]

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