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Direct linkAhmed, Vaqar; Zeshan, Muhammad – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2014
The present study carries out an impact analysis of a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program for secondary-school girls in seven districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, including Battagram, Bonair, Hangu, Kohistan, Shangla, Tank, and Upper Dir. In 2012 we collected household-level primary data and used a probit model for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Females, Statistical Analysis
Download full textReddy, Anugula N.; Sinha, Shantha – Online Submission, 2010
Persistently high dropout rates are one of the biggest challenges to fulfilling the right to education in India. This paper attempts to assess the magnitude of the problem of dropout. The paper critically reviews the evidence on some of the commonly cited reasons for dropout, including poverty, limited to access to credit, child labour, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dropouts, Dropout Rate, Access to Education
Moyi, Peter – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2011
Since 1997 Uganda has seen a large increase in school enrolment. Despite this increased enrolment, universal education has remained elusive. Many children enrol in school, but not at the recommended age, and they drop out before completing school. This article focuses on one of these problems--delayed school entry. What household factors are…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Cognitive Development
Raspa, Melissa; Hebbeler, Kathleen; Bailey, Donald B., Jr.; Scarborough, Anita A. – Infants and Young Children, 2010
Using data from the National Early Intervention Longitudinal Study, this study provides a framework for characterizing the delivery of early intervention services based on the combinations of service providers who work with infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. Five groups of providers were identified. Results showed that the…
Descriptors: Family Needs, Early Intervention, Toddlers, Delivery Systems
Zambrana, Ruth Enid; Morant, Tamyka – Zero to Three (J), 2009
Latino children in immigrant families are less likely than their peers to participate in early schooling programs, which puts them at increased risk for learning problems and school failure. Factors such as family structure and size, parental education, and income are strongly associated with early learning experiences, participation in early…
Descriptors: Family Structure, Immigrants, Access to Education, Hispanic Americans
Woldehanna, Tassew; Jones, Nicola; Tefera, Bekele – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2008
The complexities of intergenerational and gendered intra-household resource allocations are frequently overlooked in poverty reduction policies. To address this lacuna, this article focuses on links between macro-development policies and children's paid and unpaid work burden in Ethiopia. Using a mixed methods approach, quantitative household…
Descriptors: Poverty, Children, Foreign Countries, Access to Education
Li, Wenli – Economics of Education Review, 2007
Using data from the 2004 China College Student Survey, conducted by the author, this paper finds that long-term factors such as scholastic ability and parental education are significantly correlated with higher education attendance. By contrast, short-term financial constraints are also significantly associated with higher education access, but to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Family Income, Family Characteristics, Student Surveys
Cook, Traci; Blachman, Dara; Dye, Jane; Macartney, Suzanne; Lukacs, Susan; Howie, LaJeana; Kena, Grace; Sonnenberg, William; Axelrad, Daniel; Steffen, Barry; Truman, Jennifer; Cotto, Jessica; Jekielek, Susan; Mueggenborg, Mary; Coleman-Jensen, Alisha; Denton, Stephanie; Avenevoli, Shelli; Singleton, James; Knighton, Cindi; Han, Beth; O'Connell, Kellie; Guenther, Patricia; Hiza, Hazel; Kuczynski, Kevin; Koegel, Kristin; Radel, Laura – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2011
"America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011" is a compendium of indicators depicting both the promises and the challenges confronting our Nation's young people. The report, the 15th in an ongoing series, presents 41 key indicators on important aspects of children's lives. These indicators are drawn from the most…
Descriptors: Adoption, Social Indicators, Social Environment, Physical Environment
Chen, Xianglei – National Center for Education Statistics, 2007
After dramatic growth between 1970 and 1990, part-time students have formed a large and stable segment of the undergraduate population in U.S. postsecondary institutions (Hussar 2005). In fall 2004, approximately 5.5 million undergraduates were enrolled part time, making up 37 percent of the undergraduate enrollment in all degree-granting…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Access to Education, Postsecondary Education, Student Financial Aid
Schagen, Ian; Shamsan, Yarim – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2007
With the introduction of a growing number of private schools in the third world, several organisations and groups are endeavouring to examine the effects of such schooling systems on poor pupils. Professor James Tooley, the client, has collected data from seven regions internationally (three in India, three in Africa and one in China). For this…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Low Income Groups, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
Madanat, Hala; Dearden, Kirk; Heaton, Tim; Forste, Renata – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2005
This study identified the extent to which family factors increase school enrollment in Bolivia, after adjusting for human and financial capital. The sample was drawn from the 1998 Demographic and Health Survey. Logistic regression models were used to determine the effect of human capital, financial capital and family factors on school enrollment.…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Socioeconomic Status, Health Education, Mothers
Nguyen, Phuong L. – International Journal of Educational Research, 2006
This study examines the effects of parental SES, school quality, and community factors on children's enrollment and achievement in rural areas in Viet Nam, using logistic regression and ordered logistic regression. Multivariate analysis reveals significant differences in educational enrollment and outcomes by level of household expenditures and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Correlation, Community Influence
Hearn, James C. – 1981
Equity in the institutional choices of enrolling college students was assessed. The focus of study was whether students similar in educationally relevant characteristics, but dissimilar in ascriptive or socioeconomic background characteristics, attend similar institutions at similar rates. The study was based on multiple regression analysis of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Standards
Santiago, Deborah A.; Cunningham, Alisa F. – Excelencia in Education (NJ1), 2005
Financial aid plays a critical role in the postsecondary education of Latino students. However, very little comprehensive and easy to understand information is available about what types or how much financial aid Latinos receive. The goal of this brief is to provide timely and accurate information about how Latino undergraduates currently…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Family Income, Educational Attainment, Attendance Patterns
Taylor, David; Schelske, Bruce; Hatfield, Jennifer; Lundell, Dana Britt; Weber, Laura, Ed. – Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy, 2002
Minnesota has long prided itself on providing ample higher education opportunities for its citizens. However, there is a well-documented and growing disparity in Minnesota and nationally between various racial and economic groups' participation in college and technical college. This study's charge was to determine if participation in higher…
Descriptors: African American Students, African Americans, Access to Education, Equal Education
