Family school enrollment in rural Malawi and Kenya: A regional analysis

Comparative Sociology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-66

  Schafer, Mark J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 4344644762     PISSN: 15691322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1569133041513710     Document Type: Article

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