Key indicators of home environment for educational research in rural communities in Tanzania

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-348

  Ngorosho, Damaris ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Home environment; Home literacy environment; Home living environment; Key indicators; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 83255193310     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-009-9061-7     Document Type: Article

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