Female Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Key to Development?.

Browne, Angela W.; Barrett, Hazel R.

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Publication Date: 1991

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Female Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Key to Development?

Browne, Angela W.; Barrett, Hazel R.

Comparative Education, v27 n3 p275-85 1991

In sub-Saharan Africa, aggregate data show that female literacy is associated with higher agricultural productivity and is more strongly correlated than GNP with mortality and immunization rates of young children. A case study of Gambia confirms these relationships, with high female illiteracy apparently impeding both human and economic development. Contains 36 references. (SV)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Child Health, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Elementary Education, Enrollment, Enrollment Influences, Females, Foreign Countries, Illiteracy, Infant Mortality, Womens Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Africa; Gambia

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