Household Dynamics Their Effects On Child S Education In Rural Ghana
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Household Dynamics Their Effects On Child S Education In Rural Ghana
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Author : Ibrahim Sebiyam
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Household Dynamics Their Effects On Child S Education In Rural Ghana written by Ibrahim Sebiyam and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
Child Labor And Schooling In Ghana
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Author : Sudharshan Canagarajah
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Child Labor And Schooling In Ghana written by Sudharshan Canagarajah and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with categories.
November 1997 To improve human capital and reduce the incidence of child labor in Ghana, the country's school systems should reduce families' schooling costs, adapt to the constraints on schooling in rural areas (where most children must work at least part-time), and provide better education (more relevant to the needs of the labor market). If these things are done, more families may decide that schooling is a viable option as opposed to child labor for their children. Child labor is a widespread, growing problem in the developing world. About 250 million of the world's children work, nearly half of them full-time. Child labor (regular participation in the labor force to earn a living or supplement household income) prevents children from participating in school. One constraint on Ghanas economic growth has been inadequate human capital development. According to 1992 data for Ghana, one girl in three and one boy in four does not attend school. The figures are worse in rural areas. Canagarajah and Coulombe studied the dynamics of how households decided whether to send children 7 through 14 to school or to work, using household survey data for 1987092. They do not address the issue of street kids, which does not imply that they are less important than the others. Unlike child labor in Asia, most child labor in Africa, especially Ghana, is unpaid work in family agricultural enterprises. Of the 28 percent of children engaged in child labor, more than two-thirds were also going to school. Of all children between 7 and 14, about 90 percent helped with household chores. Boys and girls tend to do different types of work. Girls do more household chores while boys work in the labor force. The data do not convincingly show, as most literature claims, that poverty is the main cause of child labor. But poverty is significantly correlated with the decision to send children to school, and there is a significant negative relationship between going to school and working. Increased demand for schooling is the most effective way to reduce child labor and ensure that Ghana's human capital is stabilized. The high cost of schooling and the poor quality and irrelevance of education has also pushed many children into work. And family characteristics play a big role in the childs decision to work or go to school. The father's education has a significant negative effect on child labor; the effect is stronger on girls than on boys. So adult literacy could indirectly reduce the amount of child labor. This paper-a product of the Human Development Technical Family, Africa Region-is a background paper for World Bank Economic and Sector Work on Ghana: Labor Markets and Poverty.
Parental Decision And Schooling Of Children In Ghana
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Author : Peter Borkly Aglobitse
language : en
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Release Date : 2011-04
Parental Decision And Schooling Of Children In Ghana written by Peter Borkly Aglobitse and has been published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04 with categories.
This study focuses on the parental decision making in relation to investment in the education or schooling of the child, distinguishing between school-attainment and schooling achievement as separate schooling outcomes of the educational production function. The Study used data from a survey of households from four communities in southern Ghana and children s examination results from the Basic Education Certificate Examination. The results show that school attainment and schooling achievement can be explained adequately by the child s own characteristics, the household characteristics and the community characteristics. Community environmental effects turned out to be strongest for the most urban of the four communities and weakest for the most rural of the communities. Educational policies must always consider both attainment and achievement as very important and necessary components of education production. Policies aimed at improving school attainment should have components, which aim at schooling achievement.
Mothers Non Farm Entrepreneurship And Child Secondary Education In Rural Ghana
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Author : Janssens, Charlotte
language : en
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Release Date : 2018-01-31
Mothers Non Farm Entrepreneurship And Child Secondary Education In Rural Ghana written by Janssens, Charlotte and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-31 with Political Science categories.
In this paper we empirically analyse the impact of mothers’ non-farm entrepreneurship on child secondary school enrollment in rural Ghana. We use nationally representative quantitative data from the sixth round of the Ghana Living Standard Survey (GLSS) and qualitative data from focus group discussions throughout rural Ghana. We apply instrumental variable estimation techniques with instruments that pass weak and overidentification tests. We test interaction effects between mothers’ non-farm entrepreneurship and other important determinants of child schooling. We use qualitative data to support our quantitative findings.
Poverty Effects On Child Development In Ghana
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Author : Isabella Nyamah
language : en
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Release Date : 2013
Poverty Effects On Child Development In Ghana written by Isabella Nyamah and has been published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
This book discusses the dynamics of poverty and their effects on children in Ghana. Using the Northern Region of Ghana as a case study, the causes of poverty among households, how poverty impedes child development, and the available interventions to mitigate the negative effects of poverty on children in the Region were examined. From the research, poverty levels manifested as low income levels, low educational attainment and illiteracy, and low healthcare of parents. Poverty levels were also high among informal workers particularly farmers. The research revealed dire effects of poverty on children-- particularly on their education, healthcare and risks of becoming street children. These factors made it difficult for poor households to truncate the vicious cycle of poverty as children were not provided with the needed environment to develop to their full potentials. We recommended an increase emphasis on child development issues through participatory design of national and local interventions for children, capacity building, and research on child development issues in Ghana.
The Tradeoff Between Number Of Children And Child Schooling
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Author : Mark Montgomery
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 1995
The Tradeoff Between Number Of Children And Child Schooling written by Mark Montgomery and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Social Science categories.
Annotation World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study No. 112. Assesses evidence of a negative correlation between the number of children born and levels of child schooling by examining their determinants. In many developing countries, as parents have fewer children, they invest more in the health, education, and welfare of each child. This "quantity-quality tradeoff" is vividly illustrated in the recent economic development of Southeast Asia and Latin America. In Sub-Saharan Africa, however, the existence of such a tradeoff has not been established. The few studies conducted to date reveal either no correlation or a slightly positive one, whereby higher fertility rates are linked to greater schooling per child. This study examines the determinants of fertility and of child schooling in C te d'Ivoire and Ghana to assess evidence of a tradeoff, using data from three surveys conducted between 1985 and 1987. The results are mixed. In C te d'Ivoire, there is evidence of such a tradeoff in urban areas but not rural ones. In urban areas, female schooling, higher income, and improved child survival are associated with lower fertility and higher child schooling. In both rural and urban areas of Ghana, there is a tradeoff between fertility and child schooling with higher incomes, and, in rural Ghana, with increases in mothers' schooling. Also available in French ("La relation entre le nombre des enfants et de la scolarisation: Le cas de la C te d'Ivoire et du Ghana"): (ISBN 0-8213-3374-7) Stock No. 13374.
Parental Expectations And School Enrolment Decisions
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Author : Ferdinand Ahiakpor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Parental Expectations And School Enrolment Decisions written by Ferdinand Ahiakpor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
We use field data to investigate factors that influence parents' decisions to enrol children in schools in rural Ghana. The empirical results identified a host of socio-economic and household-level factors including remittances parents expect from investing in education, parents perception of a child's desirable professions, cost of schooling and discount rate as significant determinants of parental school enrolment decision. When gender of the child and remittances are taken into account, we show male parents are more likely to invest in education of boys than girls because they expect significantly higher returns from their investment in boys. Female parents do not show such gender preference. The proportion of children enrolled in school is positively related to average cost of schooling for male parents Gender of parent plays a significant role in school enrolment decision making.
External Influences And The Educational Landscape
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Author : Alexander Krauss
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-10-29
External Influences And The Educational Landscape written by Alexander Krauss and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-29 with Business & Economics categories.
While the analysis is not the first to investigate empirically the effects of different individual or household factors on school access and completion of Ghanaians, it extends previous work by simultaneously incorporating individual, household, community, regional and national characteristics and also illustrates the latest evidence by applying international data sources and unusually detailed household survey data for a sub-Saharan country. Its focus is threefold: (i) gaining a richer understanding of which external influences hinder educational access and attainment in Ghana, (ii) how to better tackle these challenges and (iii) analyzing how educational development affects the country‘s overall development. An interview with the Minister of Education helps guide the policy orientation of the analysis by identifying several critical challenges and areas of needed policy attention. Findings from the data analysis indicate that the geographic divide between the North and South, increased economic growth, demographic pressure and a number of individual, household and community factors especially children‘s nutritional and labour status are the most important challenges in increasing levels of education among Ghanaians in years to come. Finally, the analysis pilots a new and comprehensive results- and capacity-focused policy matrix to help the Government of Ghana realign policy priorities and reform existing programs. To this end, respective policy levers on the demand- and supply-side are discussed, with particular reference to external and demand-side interventions which have not received the necessary attention at the policy-level to improve educational opportunities and outcomes at all levels.
Syncrisis The Dynamics Of Health
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Syncrisis The Dynamics Of Health written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Medical care categories.
Household Remittance Inflows And Child Education In Ghana
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Author : Abdallah Abdul-Mumuni
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Household Remittance Inflows And Child Education In Ghana written by Abdallah Abdul-Mumuni and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
This paper investigates the effect of household remittance inflows on child education in Ghana using data from the Ghana Living Standards Survey Six (GLSS 6). Employing an instrumental variable approach and including children at the nursery and kindergarten levels in our study, the following findings are established. First, remittance inflows generally reduce household liquidity constraints, translating into increased number of school hours for their children. Second, while remittance improves child education in the urban areas, it reduces school hours for their counterparts in rural communities. Third, gains in school hours from remittance inflows are much greater for boys but do not make any or much of a difference in improving that of the girl-child. We call for financial system regulations that help to substantially reduce transaction costs on (or rigidities in) remittance inflows so that its influence on child education outcomes will be improved.