Why do pupils dropout when education is 'free'? Explaining school dropout among the urban poor in Nairobi

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Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 740-762

  Abuya, Benta ^a   Oketch, Moses ^a   Musyoka, Peter ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

equity and access; gender issues; primary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889633428     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2012.707458     Document Type: Article

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