Region, Poverty, Sibship, and Gender Inequality in Mexican Education
Will Targeted Welfare Policy Make a Difference for Girls
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2366641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Post (0000-0001-8318-4260, Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 468-489 |
| Publication date | 2001-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Gender & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-2432 • E-ISSN: 1552-3977 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/089124301015003008 |
| OpenAlex | W2136278135 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 23 |
Why did gender inequality in secondary school access persist after Mexico made attendance compulsory in 1993? This research reveals an interaction between geography, poverty, and sibship structure in contributing to the underrepresentation of girls in Mexico's poorer southern states. Using regional and contextual information about enrollments and development, a multinomial logistic regression model is estimated. The results show that in addition to family and regional poverty, the position of girls within the sibship contributes to their remaining in or dropping out of school following the primary level and their likelihood of employment or domestic work as an alternative to schooling. The results have implications for Mexico's targeted approach to eliminating the effects of poverty on educational opportunity
Attendance · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Gender inequality · Geography · Inequality · Multinomial logistic regression · Poverty · Sociology · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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Women's education in developing countries
Persistent inequalities
Ecological Inference
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Investments in schooling in two generations in pre-revolutionary Nicaragua
Economic Independence for Women
Trade-offs in the Family
The Debt Crisis, Structural Adjustment and Women's Education
Safety nets, politics and the poor
The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism
Social and Cultural Mobility
Sexual Stratification
Growth with Equity
The Family as the Locus of Gender, Class, and Political Struggle
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| Citations per year | 0.42 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2021 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |