Determinants of educational participation in rural Nepal

Educational participation among rural Nepalese school-age children was significantly related to individual student characteristics (gender, age, contribution to household activities and earnings, distance from school, father's educational attainment); household characteristics (educational atti...

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Published in:Comparative education review 1986-11, Vol.30 (4), p.508-522
Main Authors: Shrestha, Gajendra Man, Lamichhane, Sri Ram, Thapa, Bijaya Kumar, Chitrakar, Roshan, Useem, Michael, Comings, John P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to Education
Adult education
Adult literacy
Asia
Bildungschance
Children
Education
Educational policy
Educational sciences
Elementary Secondary Education
Erziehung
Experienced teachers
Family Attitudes
Family Characteristics
Family Influence
Family members
Focus on the Third World
Foreign Countries
Households
Institutional Characteristics
Ländlicher Raum
Nepal
Policy, reform, legislation
Regression coefficients
Rural Areas
Rural Education
Rural populations
School age children
School Attendance
Schulbesuch
Secondary schools
Sex Differences
Soziale Herkunft
Student Characteristics
Student Participation
Student School Relationship
Teilnehmer
Womens Education
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Summary:Educational participation among rural Nepalese school-age children was significantly related to individual student characteristics (gender, age, contribution to household activities and earnings, distance from school, father's educational attainment); household characteristics (educational attitudes, socioeconomic status); teacher characteristics; and school facilities and expenditures. These factors were more predictive when schooling was considered more "discretionary" (for girls and secondary students). (SV)
ISSN:0010-4086
1545-701X
DOI:10.1086/446633