Extended family's and women's roles in safeguarding orphans' education in AIDS-afflicted rural Zimbabwe

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2155-2167

  Nyamukapa, Constance ^a   Gregson, Simon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Orphans; Primary education and female headed households; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD CARE; EDUCATION; FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLD; GENDER ROLE; ORPHAN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORPHANAGE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 14644427895     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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