Livestock inheritance and education: Attitudes and decision making among samburu pastoralists

Nomadic Peoples

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 82-103

  Lesorogol, Carolyn ^a   Chowa, Gina ^b   Ansong, David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Education; Inheritance; Poverty; Samburu

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; LIVESTOCK; PASTORALISM; PERCEPTION; POVERTY;

KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; SAMBURU;

EID: 84856879517     PISSN: 08227942     EISSN: 17522366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/np.2011.150206     Document Type: Article

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