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Critical perspectives on schooling and fertility in the developing world

Title
Critical perspectives on schooling and fertility in the developing world / Caroline H. Bledsoe ... [et al.], editors.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Bledsoe, Caroline H.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population.
Description
x, 320 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Alternative Title
Schooling and fertility in the developing world
Subject
  • Birth control > Study and teaching > Developing countries
  • Fertility, Human > Study and teaching > Developing countries
  • Teenage girls > Education > Developing countries
Note
  • "Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Female education and fertility : examining the links / Ian Diamond, Margaret Newby and Sarah Varle -- What is meant, and measured, by "education"? / Anthony T. Carter -- Implications of formal schooling for girls' transitions to adulthood in developing countries / Cynthia B. Lloyd and Barbara Mensch -- School quality, student achievement, and fertility in developing countries / Paul Glewwe -- Fertility, education, and resources in South Africa / Duncan Thomas -- Which girls stay in school? the influence of family economy, social demands, and ethnicity in South Africa / Bruce Fuller and Xiaoyan Liang -- Excess fertility, unintended births, and children's schooling / Mark K. Montgomery and Cynthia B. Lloyd -- Women's education, marriage, and fertility in South Asia : do men really not matter? / Alaka Malwade Basu -- Fertility and education : what do we now know? / Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue.
Call Number
JFE 99-6942
ISBN
0309061911 (pbk.)
LCCN
98040216
OCLC
40135217
Title
Critical perspectives on schooling and fertility in the developing world / Caroline H. Bledsoe ... [et al.], editors.
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Bledsoe, Caroline H.
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population.
Research Call Number
JFE 99-6942
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