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Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleACCESS TO AND DROPOUT OF GIRLS FROM SCHOOL: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF MARRIAGE ARRANGEMENTS ON GIRL-CHILD EDUCATION IN BOLNIMatthew Gmalifo Mabefam, Kofi Ohene-KonaduThe education of the girl-child has suffered many setbacks both in the past and at the present. As a result some girls are denied access while others are forced to drop out-of-school especially in rural Ghana. This study therefore examined the effects of marriage arrangements on girl-child education in Bolni, a rural community in the Nanumba North District of the … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 3 · 5 Nov 2013 · 8,493 accessesView PDF Cite

Review ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsGirl-Pupil School Dropouts in Secondary Education in Masvingo District, Zimbabwe: Influencing Factors and EffectsTafadzwa Clementine Maramura, David MagoLiteracy levels in Zimbabwe are at an average of ninety two percent, which is amongst the highest in Africa. Despite significant levels of transformation in the education system, which has seen skyrocketing literacy rates, secondary education still lacks transformation of other structures that have a direct impact on the rate of girl child secondary school dropouts. Through purposive sampling and … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 1 · 16 Mar 2017 · 9,122 accessesView PDF Cite

Literature ReviewOpen accessIn the abstractCauses of Early Marriage and Its Effect on Reproductive Health of Young Mothers in BangladeshMd. Ruhul Kabir, Susmita Ghosh, Asma ShawlyThe ubiquitous nature of early marriage which practiced across all background and social divides in Bangladesh causing a lot of concerns as according to UNICEF report on "The state of world's children 2017" Bangladesh has the fourth highest prevalence rate of child marriage in the world (59% marriage of women is happened before the age of 18 years). Poverty and … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Issue 9 · 28 Nov 2019 · 11,750 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDeterminants of Spatial Patterns of Sex Ratio in Haryana, IndiaSangeeta Rani, Javaid Ahmad TaliThe sex ratio is an important social indicator of gender equality and status in a society. As such, it also reveals social development of a society. In a society wherein gender discrimination is in practice and devaluation of women is prevalent, sex-selective feticide, female infanticide, death of girl child’s due to neglect and discrimination in food as well as in … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 1 · 31 Jan 2017 · 8,183 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCOX’S PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODEL AND CONSTRUCTION OF LIFE TABLE FOR UNDER-FIVESalam Shantikumar SinghA primary data of 836 eligible women in the age group of 15-49 years is used to determine the causal effects of covariates on under-five mortality. The eight covariates viz., Number of family Members (NHM), Type of Toilet Facility (TTF), Total Children ever Born (TCB), Parity (PAR), Duration of Breastfeeding (DBF), use Contraceptive (CMT), DPT and Ideal Number of Girl … …Current Research in Biostatistics, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 18 Jul 2014 · 8,270 accessesView PDF Cite

Case ReportOpen accessAll words, across the recordMeasles in its Malignant form in a 12-Year-Old Girl Immunosuppressed by HIV at the University Hospital of BrazzavilleOssibi Ibara Bienvenu Rolland, Adoua Doukaga Tatia, Moyen Engoba Mami et al.Measles is an eruptive and febrile disease that affects unvaccinated or under-vaccinated children, thus undermining the who-wanted goal of elimination. Its diagnosis is most often clinical and facilitated by the appearance of a maculopapulus rash associated with at least one element of the naso-oculo-respiratory catarrh in a context of no vaccination. Favourable in the absence of complications, the disease is … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 16, Issue 2 · 15 Apr 2020 · 6,761 accessesView PDF Cite