Who drops out of school in South Africa? The influence of individual and household characteristics

Etude de la Population Africaine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-117

  Sibanda, Amson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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