The changing transitions to adulthood in developing countries [[electronic resource] ] : selected studies / / Cynthia B. Lloyd ... [et al.], editors ; Panel on Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries ; Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782041503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005
• ISBN: 0-309-16485-0; 1-280-74223-2; 9786610742233; 0-309-55130-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (505 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): LloydCynthia B. <1943->
• Disciplina: 305.242/091724
• Soggetti: Young adults - Developing countries; Youth - Developing countries; Adulthood - Developing countries; School-to-work transition - Developing countries
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction--Cynthia B. Lloyd, Jere R. Behrman, Nelly 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--Barthomy Kuate-Defo""; ""11 Assessing the Economic Returns to Investing in Youth in Developing Countries--James C. Knowles and Jere R. Behrman""; ""Appendix Contents Growing Up Global: The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries""