Growing Up at the "Margins": Concerns, Aspirations, and Expectations of Young People Living in Nairobi's Slums

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-94

  Kabiru, Caroline W ^a   Mojola, Sanyu A ^b   Beguy, Donatien ^a   Okigbo, Chinelo ^c  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84873930498     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00797.x     Document Type: Article

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