Determinants of educational exclusion: Poor urban girls’ experiences in- and out-of-school in Kenya

Prospects

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 381-394

  Abuya, Benta A ^a   Onsomu, Elijah O ^b   Moore, DaKysha ^c  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education exclusion; Gender; Girls education; Inclusion; Kenya; Slums; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908555061     PISSN: 00331538     EISSN: 15739090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11125-014-9306-1     Document Type: Article

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