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Direct linkWolf, Sharon; McCoy, Dana C.; Godfrey, Erin B. – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2016
Governments in sub-Saharan Africa have made marked efforts to increase school enrollment. Yet attendance and completion rates remain low, particularly for girls. This study examines the reasons that school children do not attend school in a sample of Ghanaian students. Girls were more likely to miss school because a family member was sick, whereas…
Descriptors: Barriers, Equal Education, Attendance, Access to Education
