Correlates of children’s travel to school in Johannesburg-Soweto—Evidence from the Birth to Twenty Plus (Bt20+) study, South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12068845 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julia de Kadt (0000-0002-8063-8914, University of Johannesburg), Alastair Van Heerden (0000-0003-2530-6885, University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author), L M Richter (0000-0002-3654-3192, University of the Witwatersrand), Linda Richter (0000-0001-8029-2880), Seraphim Alvanide (0000-0003-4905-4109, Northumbria University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Pages | 56-67 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Educational Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0738-0593 • E-ISSN: 1873-4871 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2019.04.007 |
| OpenAlex | W2944845702 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
Prior work on data obtained from the urban Johannesburg-Soweto based Birth to Twenty Plus (Bt20+) cohort has documented extensive levels of travel to school in the early post-apartheid era (1997-2003), with fewer than 20% of children attending the age-appropriate school closest to their home (de Kadt et al., 2014). These extremely high levels of schooling mobility impose costs on children and families, as well as the educational system more broadly, and have contributed to the evolution of contemporary enrolment patterns. This paper analyses the relationship between travel to school and potentially related variables at the individual, family and community level. Our analysis indicates that Black children, children attending higher quality schools, and those living in relatively poor areas were most likely to travel to school. However, while travel to school has a strong and positive univariate relationship with both maternal education and family socio-economic status (SES), this fades out in a multivariate analysis. Our findings highlight the significant costs incurred in the pursuit of high quality education by many Black children and families, as well as those living in poorer areas, in the early post-apartheid era. This is despite post-apartheid educational policy with an explicit aim of redress. The paper contributes to understanding the challenges of apartheid’s inequitable geographical legacy in ensuring equitable access to high quality education for all in South Africa, as well as to the growing literatures on the geography of education and school choice in low and middle income countries
Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political science · Population · Quality (philosophy · Redress · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Cohort Profile
Young People’s Daily Mobilities in Sub-Saharan Africa
Children's daily travel to school in Johannesburg-Soweto, South Africa
School choice from a household resource perspective
The new black middle class in South Africa
Geographies of education and the significance of children, youth and families
Parental choice without parents
Race, school choice and transfers to opportunity
School Choice in South Africa
Geographies of education and learning
Social Geographies of Education
Critical geographies of education
The Race for Education
Racial Desegregation and Schooling in South Africa
Schooling, the underclass and intergenerational mobility
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |