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The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Selected Studies (2006)
Committee on Population (CPOP)

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The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Selected Studies

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Introduction
Cynthia B. Lloyd, Jere R. Behrman, Nelly P. Stromquist, and Barney Cohen

  

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Changing Contexts in Which Youth Are Transitioning to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Converging Toward Developed Economies?
Jere R. Behrman and Piyali Sengupta

  

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Small Families and Large Cohorts: The Impact of the Demographic Transition on Schooling in Brazil
David A. Lam and Letícia Marteleto

  

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Progress Toward Education for All: Trends and Current Challenges for sub-Saharan Africa
Paul C. Hewett and Cynthia B. Lloyd

  

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Trends in the Timing of First Marriage Among Men and Women in the Developing World
Barbara S. Mensch, Susheela Singh, and John B. Casterline

  

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Marriage Patterns in Rural India: Influence of Sociocultural Context
Shireen J. Jejeebhoy and Shiva S. Halli

  

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Front Matter (R1-R12)
1 Introduction--Cynthia B. Lloyd, Jere R. Behrman, Nelly P. Stromquist, and Barney Cohen (1-12)
2 Changing Contexts in Which Youth Are Transitioning to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Converging Toward Developed Economies?--Jere R. Behrman and Piyali Sengupta (13-55)
3 Small Families and Large Cohorts: The Impact of the Demographic Transition on Schooling in Brazil--David A. Lam and Letícia Marteleto (56-83)
4 Progress Toward Education for All: Trends and Current Challenges for sub-Saharan Africa--Paul C. Hewett and Cynthia B. Lloyd (84-117)
5 Trends in the Timing of First Marriage Among Men and Women in the Developing World--Barbara S. Mensch, Susheela Singh, and John B. Casterline (118-171)
6 Marriage Patterns in Rural India: Influence of Sociocultural Context--Shireen J. Jejeebhoy and Shiva S. Halli (172-199)
7 Marriage in Transition: Evidence on Age, Education, and Assets from Six Developing Countries--Agnes R. Quisumbing and Kelly Hallman (200-269)
8 Adolescent Transitions to Adulthood in Reform-Era China--Emily Hannum and Jihong Liu (270-319)
9 Growing Up in Pakistan: The Separate Experiences of Males and Females--Cynthia B. Lloyd and Monica J. Grant (320-366)
10 Multilevel Modeling of Influences on Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries with Special Reference to Cameroon--Barthélémy Kuate-Defo (367-423)
11 Assessing the Economic Returns to Investing in Youth in Developing Countries--James C. Knowles and Jere R. Behrman (424-490)
Appendix Contents Growing Up Global: The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries (491-494)