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Autor/inn/en | Azumah, Francess Dufie; Baah, Enock; Nachinaab, John Onzaberigu |
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Titel | Causes and Effects of Illegal Gold Mining (Galamsey) Activities on School Dropout and Residents at the Tutuka Central Circuit in Obuasi Municipality in Ashanti Region, Ghana |
Quelle | In: Journal of Education, 201 (2021) 3, S.162-173 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Azumah, Francess Dufie) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0022-0574 |
DOI | 10.1177/0022057420905109 |
Schlagwörter | Mining; Crime; Economic Impact; Dropouts; Child Labor; Foreign Countries; At Risk Persons; Job Skills; Social Influences; Economic Factors; Junior High School Students; Individual Characteristics; Ghana Abbau; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Ökonomische Determinanten; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Child labour; Kinderarbeit; Ausland; Risikogruppe; Produktive Fertigkeit; Sozialer Einfluss; Ökonomischer Faktor; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal |
Abstract | Illegal gold mining activities contribute tremendously to the local economy of the communities within which the practice is conducted. Despite such developments, its activities come with several environmental, economic, developmental and societal and educational challenges that governments, environmentalists, and educationalists have fought several decades to overcome. The study sought to examine the effect of illegal gold mining operations on school dropout. A sample size of 102 participants was selected for quantitative analysis together with purposive sampling of 20 key informants for qualitative analysis. The study found that children engage in Illegal gold mining and subsequent dropout from school. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2024/1/01 |