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Peer reviewedBuchmann, Claudia – Social Forces, 2000
Analysis of household survey data in Kenya revealed that children's enrollment in school was affected by parents' expectations for future financial help from children and (for girls) by parents' perceptions of labor market discrimination against women, but not by patriarchal norms or child labor. The results challenge traditional explanations of…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Influences
