How School Choice Is Framed by Parental Preferences and Family Characteristics: A Study of Western Area, Sierra Leone

Autor/inn/en	Dixon, Pauline; Humble, Steve
Titel	How School Choice Is Framed by Parental Preferences and Family Characteristics: A Study of Western Area, Sierra Leone
Quelle	In: Journal of School Choice, 11 (2017) 1, S.95-110 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1558-2159
DOI	10.1080/15582159.2016.1238432
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; School Choice; Family Characteristics; Parent Attitudes; Economic Factors; Well Being; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Public Schools; Private Schools; Educational Environment; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; War; Preferences; Questionnaires; Religious Education; Family Income; Socioeconomic Status; Institutional Characteristics; Costs; Ownership; Statistical Analysis; Regression (Statistics); Surveys; Sierra Leone + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Elternverhalten; Ökonomischer Faktor; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Krieg; Fragebogen; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Familieneinkommen; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Cost; Kosten; Eigentum; Statistische Analyse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	This research set out to investigate how, in a post-conflict area, parental preferences and household characteristics affect school choice for their children. A multinomial logit is used to model the relationship between education preferences and the selection of schools for 954 households in Freetown and neighboring districts, Western Area, Sierra Leone. The increased economic well-being of a family tends to increase the likelihood of choosing a nongovernment school. As a child gets older parents are more likely to select government over nongovernment schools. For girls, parents are twice as likely to select a nongovernmental organization (NGO) school than a government one. Where parental preference for girls is a "safe environment" government is the preferred choice over a private proprietor school. Interestingly, the level of household education does not affect the likelihood of attending any school management type. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01