This paper examines data on the determinants of adult cognitive competencies and of child school participation in the Terai region of Nepal. The results of the analysis are: first generation landholdings, literacy and caste status were significant determinants of second generation "innate ability" as measured by the "Ravens Progressive Matrices" (RPM) test which in turn was a significant determinant of second generation schooling. This schooling was a significant determinant of second generation literacy, numeracy, reading comprehension and attitudinal modernity. This last factor was a significant determinant of attitude toward school for all households. Third generation child school participation was determined jointly by second generation landholdings, caste, schooling and numeracy, and attitudinal modernity, and the child's sex. Girls were significantly less likely to have completed at least one year of school than were boys although the presence of small children in the household only slightly decreased girls' chances to participate in school. School availability had no effect on child school participation.
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Jamison, Dean T. Lockheed, Marlaine E.
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Document Date
1985/12/31
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Working Paper (Numbered Series)
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EDT9
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1
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1
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2010/07/01
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Doc Name
Participation in schooling : determinants and learning outcomes in Nepal
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Keywords
primary lower secondary;school participation;age of head of household;school availability;sex of the child;ordinary least squares regression;years of schooling;household head;multiple regression analysis;participation in school;total enrollment rate;school age child;cognitive competency;access to schooling;quality of learning;female enrollment rate;distance to school;reading comprehension;urban labor market;cost of book;demand for school;Demand For Education;primary school enrollment;amount of land;high dropout rate;quality of teacher;primary school-age child;national training system;primary school availability;planning education;planning of education;attitudes toward school;child nutritional status;availability of school;households with child;work at home;effects of education;rural health worker;son or daughter;school attainment;children of ages;
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Jamison, Dean T. Lockheed, Marlaine E.
Participation in schooling : determinants and learning outcomes in Nepal (English). Education and training series discussion paper ; no. EDT 9 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/393231468775752894/Participation-in-schooling-determinants-and-learning-outcomes-in-Nepal