A model of women's educational factors related to delaying girls' marriage

International Review of Education

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 533-555

  Smith, Cristine A ^a   Stone, Rebecca Paulson ^a   Kahando, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child marriage; Early marriage; Girls' schooling; Women's literacy education

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FEMALE EDUCATION; LITERACY; MARRIAGE; MOTHERS EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84865437762     PISSN: 00208566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11159-012-9309-1     Document Type: Article

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