Determinants of Private School Choice in India: All about the Family Backgrounds?

Autor/inn/en	Kumar, Deepak; Choudhury, Pradeep Kumar
Titel	Determinants of Private School Choice in India: All about the Family Backgrounds?
Quelle	In: Journal of School Choice, 15 (2021) 4, S.576-602 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Choudhury, Pradeep Kumar)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1558-2159
DOI	10.1080/15582159.2020.1852517
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Private Schools; School Choice; Elementary School Students; Institutional Characteristics; Gender Differences; Preferences; Teacher Attendance; Teacher Selection; Teacher Characteristics; Parent Participation; Parent Teacher Conferences; Educational Quality; Language of Instruction; English (Second Language); Attendance Patterns; Family Characteristics; Socioeconomic Status; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Private school; Privatschule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Geschlechterkonflikt; Elternmitwirkung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Indien
Abstract	This article examines the determinants of private school choice for elementary school students in India with emphasis on school characteristics. We also analyze the gender differences in the demand for private schools among the households, a relatively less explored issue in the school choice literature in India. We find that private schools are preferred by families when they have high teacher attendance, employ local teachers, and have better parental participation in parent-teacher associations/meetings. Our results suggest that better/quality education and English as the medium of instruction are major factors in influencing parents to choose private schools. While female students are less likely to attend private schools, the gender gap narrows as family economic status and the mother's education improve. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01