Education, poverty and 'purity' in the context of adolescent girls' secondary school retention and dropout: A qualitative study from Karnataka, southern India

摘要

BackgroundGender-related norms and poverty remain important structural barriers to secondary school attendance among adolescent girls in southern India. We analyse how gender norms interact with family deprivation and dynamics to result in girls dropping out of school; we identify the main facilitators of school retention and changes to gender socialisation.