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Peer reviewedSilvennoinen, Heikki; Laiho, Irma – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1994
How home background and gender influence selection for higher education, and especially for researcher training, in Finland was studied for 106 degree recipients in 1985. Among licentiates and PhDs, there are fewer from working-class backgrounds and more from white collar backgrounds than at other levels of higher education. (SLD)
Descriptors: Degrees (Academic), Family Characteristics, Graduates, Higher Education
