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Peer reviewedJohnson, Patricia Lyons – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1993
Argues that studies of socioeconomic stratification in Papua New Guinea have ignored or dismissed gender as a source of inequality. Educational opportunity is the key to wealth and political power. Data from censuses, fieldwork, and the literature show that rural women are the most disadvantaged group in Papua New Guinea. (SLD)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education
