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Sibling and Gender Effects on Children's Chance to Continue Primary Education in Rwanda |
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| Creator | Joseph Nkurunziza , Annelet Broekhuis and Pieter Hooimeijer |
| Title | Sibling and Gender Effects on Children's Chance to Continue Primary Education in Rwanda |
| Publisher | The Thai Association of the Population and Social Researchers |
| Publication Year | 2560 |
| Journal Title | Journal of Population and Social Studies |
| Journal Vol. | 25 |
| Journal No. | 1 |
| Page no. | 26 - 42 |
| Keyword | Primary education, sibling competition, poverty, resource dilution, gender, Rwanda |
| ISSN | 2465-4418 (Online) |
| Abstract | Rwanda has made a huge effort to arrive at universal primary education, but many children do notqualify to sit the leaving exam before they reach the age of 14. Using the Heckman probit model ondata from the Integrated Household Living Conditions Surveys 2000 and 2011, this study exploresthe school careers of 12,539 children ages 13-17 who had the opportunity to continue primaryeducation. The combination of extreme poverty and having younger siblings or being an orphan orfoster child, still leads to very high dropout rates regardless of gender. To improve completion rate forprimary education, Rwanda should put more emphasis on disadvantaged children from largerfamilies. |
