Childhood maltreatment and educational outcomes: Evidence from South Africa

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 876-894

  Pieterse, Duncan ^a  

^a National Treasury   (South Africa)

Author keywords

childhood maltreatment; education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; CHILD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930384388     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3065     Document Type: Article

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