Gender, poverty, family structure, and investment in children's education in Kinshasa, Congo.

Autor/inn/en	Shapiro, Daid; Tambashe, B. Oleko
Titel	Gender, poverty, family structure, and investment in children's education in Kinshasa, Congo.
Quelle	In: Economics of education review, 20 (2001) 4, S. 359-375Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 37; Tabellen 4
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/S0272-7757(00)00059-5
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Familie; Familienstruktur; Armut; Familie; Investition; Schulabschluss; Schulbesuch; Demokratische Republik Kongo; Schulerfolg; Lebensstandard; Bildungsinvestition; Familienstruktur; Schulbesuch; Schulabschluss; Schulerfolg; Armut; Sozioökonomische Lage; Bildungsinvestition; Investition; Lebensstandard; Demokratische Republik Kongo
Abstract	The authors resume: "This paper examines school enrollment and educational attainment in Kinshasa ... We focus on the impact of poverty, household structure, and economic well-being more generally on investment in children's education and differences by gender in such investments. These issues are addressed unsing data from a 1990 survey that provided information on the enrollment status and educational attainment of more than 8500 youths aged 6 - 25. We find that increased economic well-being translates into greater investments in children's education for both females and males. However, improved economic status does not necessarily result in reduced gender differences in school outcomes. In addition, family structure (as measured by the number of children in the household in different age groups) and a child's relationship to the head of the household are also found to be significant influences on investment in children's education." (DIPF/orig. )
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2002_(CD)