Family Structure and Child Educational Attainment in the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3517240 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benta A Abuya (0000-0003-2465-0967, African Population and Health Research Center, corresponding author), Maurice Mutisya (0000-0001-5981-6344, African Population and Health Research Center), Elijah O Onsomu (0000-0001-8702-3704, Winston-Salem State University), Moses Ngware (0000-0002-0508-1773, African Population and Health Research Center), Moses Oketch (0000-0002-9901-6373, University College London) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2158244019855849 |
| OpenAlex | W2949169914 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 55 |
Research shows that children living with two biological parents outperform those raised in other family structures. A growing number of children do not live with two biological parents in sub-Saharan Africa, but few studies have examined the consequences. In this article, data from the African Population and Health Research Center collected in the slums of Nairobi are fitted to a logistic regression model to test the hypothesis that two-parent families are most favorable to schooling outcomes in Kenya. After controlling for socioeconomic variables, the effect of family structure on educational attainment of children persists. Children in two-parent households were 40% (unadjusted odds ratio [UOR] = 1.40, p = .01) and 16% (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.16, p = .1) more likely to be in the right age for grade compared with children in one-parent households. The study calls for strengthening single-parent households to achieve better educational outcomes for the children
Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Geography · Logistic regression · Odds · Odds ratio · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |