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Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey; Adu-Yeboah, Christine – Comparative Education, 2009
This paper examines the issue of school dropout in six communities in the Savelugu-Nanton District in the Northern Region of Ghana. The study focused on 89 children (64 boys and 25 girls) aged 7-16 years, who had dropped out of school. A snowballing sampling method was employed to recruit participants to the study. Two researchers interviewed the…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Dropout Rate, At Risk Students, Attendance Patterns
Ilahi, Nadeem – 2001
Using panel data from Peru, this paper investigates the determinants of the allocation of boys' and girls' time to schooling, housework, and income-generating activities. Specifically, it explores whether sickness, employment of adult women, infrastructure, and female headship have different impacts on the time use of boys and girls. Girls mostly…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Children, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment