An exploratory look at associated factors of poverty on educational attainment in Africa and in-depth multilevel modelling for Namibia.
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2013
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This study examines several indicator variables related to education
and poverty in Africa from the Demographic and Health Surveys
(DHS). Many have described income and education as one of the
fundamental determinants of health and as one of the indicators for
socio-economic status. Firstly, data from thirty-six African countries
were explored, geographical heterogeneity of the countries were
discussed. Secondly, we carried out in-depth multi-level analyses
using generating estimating equations on data for 72,230 respondents
and from 5,436 households in the Namibia DHS (1992-2006). Results
from statistical analyses indicate that age of household head, socioeconomic
status of household, parent's level of education, family size
and position of a child in the family play a significant role in the
educational attainment of household members. We found that these
household level characteristics are important predictors of educational
attainment. Thus, government policy aimed at reducing household level
poverty should be implemented to alleviate the economic power at
household level thereby increasing educational attainment
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Education, Poverty, Africa, Health
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Adegboye, O. & Kotze, D. (2013). An exploratory look at associated factors of poverty on educational attainment in Africa and in-depth multilevel modelling for Namibia. J.STUD.ECON.ECONOMETRICS, 37(1): 105