Volume 30 - Article 41 | Pages 1189–1218  

What happens after you drop out? Transition to adulthood among early school-leavers in urban Indonesia

By Ariane Utomo, Anna Reimondos, Iwu Utomo, Peter McDonald, Terence H. Hull

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