Children's residence patterns and educational attainment in rural South Africa, 1997

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ID4269375
AutoresNicholas W Townsend, Nicholas Townsend, Madhavan (0000-0001-6216-3612), Sangeetha Madhavan (0000-0001-6086-0027), Stephen Tollman (0000-0003-0744-7588), Michel Garenne (0000-0001-6073-7803), Kathleen Kahn (0000-0003-3339-3931)
Año2002
Volumen56
Número2
Páginas215-225
Fecha de publicación2002-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00324720215925
OpenAlexW2068258993
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas31
Referencias citadas17

Using data collected by the Agincourt Health and Population Programme in a rural sub-district of South Africa's Northern Province, this paper describes the residential arrangements of a population in rural South Africa, and analyses the impact of these arrangements on children's educational attainment. Children with co-resident parents generally have higher levels of schooling than those who have one or no co-resident parents. However, having a father who is away from home as a migrant appears to benefit older children whereas, for girls aged 11 to 15, having a mother who is a migrant lowers educational attainment. Children who live in households headed by Mozambican refugees have lower levels of schooling than those who live in non-refugee households. Living in a household headed by a woman is not associated with lower levels of education and, for some age-sex groups, appears to be an advantage

Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Geography · Population · Refugee · Residence · Rural area · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Medicine · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Urban and Rural Development Challenges