Critical perspectives on schooling and fertility in the developing world [[electronic resource] /] / Caroline H. Bledsoe ... [et al.] editors ; Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778759403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 1999
• ISBN: 0-309-17372-8; 1-282-08180-2; 9786612081804; 0-309-52305-2; 0-585-05320-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BledsoeCaroline H
• Disciplina: 371.822
• Soggetti: Women - Education - Developing countries; Fertility, Human - Developing countries; Women - Developing countries - Social conditions; Education - Developing countries; Developing countries Population
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Schooling 9 Women's Education, Marriage, and Fertility in South Asia: Do Men Really Not Matter? -- 10 Fertility and Education: What Do We Now Know? -- Index.