Orphanhood and schooling in South Africa: Trends in the vulnerability of orphans between 1993 and 2005

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 507-536

  Ardington, Cally ^a   Leibbrandt, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD; COPING STRATEGY; EDUCATION; ORPHAN; VULNERABILITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77949449189     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650414     Document Type: Article

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