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Author Staff, Caroline H. National Research Council

Title Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World
Published Washington : National Academies Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (336 pages)
Contents Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Female Education and Fertility: Examining the Links -- 3 What Is Meant, and Measured, by “Education�? -- 4 Implications of Formal Schooling for Girls� Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries -- 5 School Quality, Student Achievement, and Fertility in Developing Countries -- 6 Fertility, Education, and Resources in South Africa -- 7 Which Girls Stay in School? The Influence of Family Economy, Social Demands, and Ethnicity in South Africa
8 Excess Fertility, Unintended Births, and Children�s Schooling9 Women�s Education, Marriage, and Fertility in South Asia: Do Men Really Not Matter? -- 10 Fertility and Education: What Do We Now Know? -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Women -- Cross-cultural studies -- Education -- Developing countries
Fertility, Human -- Developing countries -- Cross-cultural studies
Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions -- Cross-cultural studies
Women -- Social conditions
Fertility, Human
Developing countries
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies
Form Electronic book
Author Bledsoe, Caroline H
LC no. 98040117
ISBN 9780309523059
0309523052
0309061911
9780309061919
0309173728
9780309173728
1282081802
9781282081802
9786612081804
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