Gender and education in Jamaica: Who is achieving and by whose standard?

Prospects

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-70

  Bailey, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

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EID: 77952419217     PISSN: 00331538     EISSN: 15739090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PROS.0000026679.99139.91     Document Type: Article

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