Does school attendance reduce the risk of youth homelessness in Tanzania?

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Henley, Robert ^a   McAlpine, Kate ^b   Mueller, Mario ^a   Vetter, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Roho Ltd   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL ATTENDANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TANZANIA;

EID: 78649332279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-4-28     Document Type: Article

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