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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973552003321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 1999

ISBN

9786612081804

9780309173728

0309173728

9781282081802

1282081802

9780309523059

0309523052

9780585053202

0585053200

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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.