Orphan status, school attendance, and their relationship to household head in Nigeria

BACKGROUND This study addresses the important issue of whether extended family networks can meet the educational needs of orphans in Nigeria. The theory behind this paper is based on Hamilton’s rule, which holds that individuals are less altruistic toward those with whom they have distant kinship ti...

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Veröffentlicht in:Demographic Research. - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften, 1999. - 36(2017) vom: Juni, Seite 659-690
1. Verfasser: Kazeem, Aramide (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Jensen, Leif
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Demographic Research
Schlagworte:Behavioral sciences Health sciences Economics Social sciences Education