Effects of livestock herd migration on child schooling in Marsabit District, Kenya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11919770 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samuel Mburu (0000-0003-4028-6026, Institute for Health Care & Public Management, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 545-560 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-06 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7925 • E-ISSN: 1469-3623 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03057925.2016.1257352 |
| OpenAlex | W2560777160 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
To throw light on the challenge of providing education to pastoral households in the context of social and economic change, this study investigates the effects of herd migration on child schooling in Northern Kenya. Specifically, the analysis uses both household panel data and community-level focus-group data to identify the barriers to schooling, which include an insufficient number of schools, nomadism and communal conflicts. The results also reveal that herd migration has a significantly negative effect on school attendance – about a 26% probability of failure to attend among the children of livestock migrating households. The child’s age and mother’s literacy have a positive impact on child school attendance, but with girls more likely to attend than boys, probably because of higher opportunity costs. That is, attending school takes boys away from activities like herding, which have greater economic value than the nonmonetisable household duties performed by girls
Animal science · Biology · Economics · Geography · Herd · Livestock · Socioeconomics · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development · Forestry
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |