Pregnancy-related school dropout and prior school performance in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-382

  Grant, Monica J ^a   Hallman, Kelly K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENT DROPOUTS;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 46649086295     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2008.00181.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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