Education, wage work, and marriage: Perspectives of Egyptian working women

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1287-1299

  Amin, Sajeda ^a,c   Al Bassusi, Nagah H ^b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Egypt; Marriage; Women's work

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844223701     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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