Effects of Livestock Herd Migration on Child Schooling in Marsabit District, Kenya

Autor/in	Mburu, Samuel
Titel	Effects of Livestock Herd Migration on Child Schooling in Marsabit District, Kenya
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 47 (2017) 4, S.545-560 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2016.1257352
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Animals; Attendance Patterns; Age Differences; Probability; Migrant Children; Mothers; Reading Skills; Parent Influence; Gender Differences; Focus Groups; Barriers; Access to Education; Agricultural Occupations; Elementary School Students; Statistical Analysis; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Mother; Mutter; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Geschlechterkonflikt; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Agriculture; Occupation; Landwirtschaft; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Statistische Analyse; Kenia
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01