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The changing transitions to adulthood in developing countries : selected studies

Title
The changing transitions to adulthood in developing countries : selected studies / Cynthia B. Lloyd [and others], editors ; Panel on Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries ; Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Lloyd, Cynthia B., 1943-
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population.
Description
xii, 493 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  • Young adults > Developing countries
  • Youth > Developing countries
  • Adulthood > Developing countries
  • School-to-work transition > Developing countries
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
1. Introduction / Cynthia B. Lloyd, Jere B. Behrman, Nell P. Stromquist and Barney Cohen -- 2. Changing contexts in which youth are transitioning to adulthood in developing countries : converging toward developed economies? / Jere R. Behrman and Piyali Sengupta -- 3. Small families and large cohorts : the impact of the demographic transition on schooling in Brazil / David A. Lam and Leticia Marteleto -- 4. Progress toward education for all : trends and current challenges for sub-Saharan Africa / Paul C. Hewett and Cynthia B. Lloyd -- 5. Trends in the timing of first marriage among men and women in the developing world / Barbara S. Mensch, Susheela Singh and John B. Casterline -- 6. Marriage patterns in rural India : influence of sociocultural context / Shireen J. Jejeebhoy and Shiva S. Halli -- 7. Marriage in transition : evidence on age, education, and assets from six developing countries / Agnes R. Quisumbing and Kelly Hallman -- 8. Adolescent transitions to adulthood in reform-era China / Emily Hannum and Jihong Liu -- 9. Growing up in Pakistan : the separate experiences of males and females / Cynthia B. Lloyd and Monica J. Grant -- 10. Multilevel modeling of influences on transitions to adulthood in developing countries with special reference to Cameroon / Barthelemy Kuate-Defo -- 11. Assessing the economic returns to investing in youth in developing countries / James C. Knowles and Jere R. Behrman.
ISBN
  • 0309096804 (pbk.)
  • 0309551307 (pdf)
LCCN
2005017524
OCLC
  • ocm60798421
  • SCSB-5267056
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries