Evolutionary demography and intrahousehold time allocation: School attendance and child labor among the Okavango Delta Peoples of Botswana

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 206-221

  Bock, John ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BOTSWANA; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 0036127010     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10040     Document Type: Article

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