Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ469949
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Publication Date: 1993
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Education and the "New" Inequality in Papua New Guinea.
Johnson, Patricia Lyons
Anthropology and Education Quarterly, v24 n3 p183-204 Sep 1993
Argues that studies of socioeconomic stratification in Papua New Guinea have ignored or dismissed gender as a source of inequality. Educational opportunity is the key to wealth and political power. Data from censuses, fieldwork, and the literature show that rural women are the most disadvantaged group in Papua New Guinea. (SLD)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Income, Poverty, Power Structure, Rural Population, Sex Bias, Sex Discrimination, Socioeconomic Status
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Papua New Guinea
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