Mapping the incidence of school dropouts: A case study of communities in Northern Ghana

Comparative Education

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-232

  Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey ^a   Adu Yeboah, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DETECTION METHOD; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; MAPPING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING;

AFRICA; GHANA; NORTHERN REGION [GHANA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70449401651     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050060902920625     Document Type: Article

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