Family resources, sitting at home and democratic choice: Investigating determinants of educational attainment in post-Soviet Tajikistan

Central Asian Survey

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-41

  Whitsel, Christopher M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Gender; Inequality; Tajikistan

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GENDER ISSUE; HIGHER EDUCATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; TAJIKISTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 67650526666     PISSN: 02634937     EISSN: 14653354     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02634930902771516     Document Type: Article

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