Breaking the Net : Family Structure and Street-Connected Children in Zambia
Drawing on original fieldwork in the slums of Ndola in Northern Zambia we isolate those features of a child's nuclear and extended family that put him most at risk of ending up on the streets. We find that older, male children and particularly orphaned children are more likely to wind up on the...
Main Authors: | Strobbe, Francesco, Olivetti, Claudia, Jacobson, Mireille |
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Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | en_US |
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Taylor and Francis
2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13367 |
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