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Pregnancy and marriage are not the main reasons for leaving school in Africa (HTML
Lloyd,Cynthia B.; Mensch,Barbara S.
International Family Planning Perspectives 34(3): 147-148
Publication date: 2008



Digest of article: Lloyd,Cynthia B. and Mensch Barbara S. 2008. "Marriage and childbirth as factors in dropping out from school: an analysis of DHS data from Sub-Saharan Africa," Population Studies 62(1):1-13.




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