Do the more educated know more about health? Evidence from schooling and HIV knowledge in Zimbabwe

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 489-517

  Agüero, Jorge M ^a   Bharadwaj, Prashant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE SPREAD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MORTALITY; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84898896874     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675398     Document Type: Article

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