Precious Beads Multiply: Family Decision Making and Girls’ Access to Primary Schooling in Ghana

International Journal of Educational Reform

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 412-419

  Yeboah, Alberta ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 33645905862     PISSN: 10567879     EISSN: 26319675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105678799700600403     Document Type: Article

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