Children's Mobility in Ghana. An Society, Biology and Human Affairs (SBHA) Special Issue.
All 7 papers draw on data collected during a large-scale study on children’s mobility and transport in Sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract
Children throughout Sub-Saharan Africa are extraordinarily mobile. Every day children travel to school, to markets, to fetch water and firewood, to work on farms and take farm produce to grinding mills, as well as to visit friends and family and to play. However, children’s mobility is relatively invisible: most journeys that children undertake cover short distances and the vast majority are on foot. As such, very little research has been conducted into the extent of children’s mobility and impacts on education, livelihoods, health and well-being.
All 7 papers in this special issue draw on data collected during a large-scale study on children’s mobility and transport in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Child Mobility Study was undertaken among children aged between 8 and 18 years in Ghana, Malawi and South Africa.
Citation
Porter, G.; Hampshire, K. (Editors) Children’s Mobility in Ghana. An SBHA Special Issue. Society, Biology and Human Affairs (2011) 76 (1) xi + 131 pp.