Who is out of school? Evidence from the Statistics South Africa Community Survey

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 529-536

  Fleisch, Brahm ^a   Shindler, Jennifer ^a   Perry, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Disability; Educational access; Marginalisation; Out of school children; Poverty; South africa

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; EDUCATION; EDUCATION POLICY; LEGISLATION; MARGINALIZATION; POVERTY; PUBLIC ACCESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84860300092     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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