dc.contributor.author | Nyamongo, Isaac K | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-27T06:49:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-27T06:49:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2000-04 | |
dc.identifier.citation | African Study Monographs Vol.21,No.2,p.55-65,April 2012 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/40826 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/40826 | |
dc.description.abstract | The role of education in development is widely recognized in many countries. However, the value placed on formal education differs from one community to the next. In this paper I argue that among the Borana pastoralists of Marsabit District, Kenya, the value of formal education is based on wage-labor opportunities. High value placed on women's household labor and low accessibility to non-household employment places differential pressure on the education of Borana children. This leads to a higher dropout rate from school and earlier marriage for female than for the male children. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Parity | en |
dc.subject | Marriage | en |
dc.subject | Education | en |
dc.subject | Pastoralism | en |
dc.subject | Borana | en |
dc.title | Factors Influencing Education and Age at First Marriage in an Arid Region: The Case of the Borana of Marsabit district, Kenya | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Institute of African Studies | en |