Family Structure, Parental Perceptions, and Child Labor in Kenya: What Factors Determine Who Is Enrolled in School?.

Buchmann, Claudia

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ERIC Number: EJ610366

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Publication Date: 2000

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Family Structure, Parental Perceptions, and Child Labor in Kenya: What Factors Determine Who Is Enrolled in School?

Buchmann, Claudia

Social Forces, v78 n4 p1349-78 Jun 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 educational inequality in less industrialized societies. (Contains 69 references.) (Author/SV)

Descriptors: Child Labor, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Influences, Equal Education, Family Characteristics, Family Financial Resources, Family Influence, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Socioeconomic Influences, Womens Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Kenya

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