Implications of formal schooling for girls transitions to adulthood in developing countries.

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This chapter draws on insights from two literatures on education in developing countries in order to place the traditional demographic literature on education and fertility into a larger conceptual framework that focuses on successful transitions to adulthood.... [The authors review] the literature on school effectiveness and that on schooling and socialization. Key points are illustrated with recent data on the primary schooling experience of adolescents collected in 3 of Kenyas 50 districts--Kilifi Nakuru and Nyeri--expressly to bring some empirical content to the many hypotheses that emerge from these literatures. (EXCERPT)

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