Family structure, parental perceptions, and child labor in Kenya: What factors determine who is enrolled in school?

Social Forces

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1349-1378

  Buchmann, Claudia ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034336194     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/78.4.1349     Document Type: Article

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