Pregnancy-related dropouts and gender inequality in education: A life-table approach and application to Cameroon

Demography

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 509-528

  Eloundou Enyegue, Parfait M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 5744238459     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2004.0021     Document Type: Article

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