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Determinants of Dropout and Child School Enrollment: A Case Study from Rural Islamabad

Journal of Quantitative Methods

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Title Determinants of Dropout and Child School Enrollment: A Case Study from Rural Islamabad
 
Creator Naz, Uzma
Ejaz, Zainab
Khan, Naveed
 
Description Education is an important pillar for the development of any society. Generally, school enrollment in developing countries is observed very low compared to the developed countries and the situation is further worsened by the high dropout rate. The current study investigates the major factors responsible for high dropouts in Islamabad, Pakistan, particularly in rural areas. For this purpose, the primary data have been obtained through a detailed questionnaire collecting information on child socioeconomic, household, cultural, and other characteristics. For modeling purposes, Probit model is used to investigate the effects of various factors on high child dropout rate. The results revealed that besides the distance from school to home, financial constraints are the most important reason for dropping out. Moreover, the education of father, age of the child and the gender of the child are also highly significant variables that determine the probability of a child dropout.
 
Publisher Department of Quantitative Methods, School of Business and Economics, University of Management and Technology, Lahore Pakistan
 
Date 2019-08-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://ojs.umt.edu.pk/index.php/jqm/article/view/102
10.29145/2019/jqm/030205
 
Source Journal of Quantitative Methods; Vol 3 No 2 (2019): August; 77-89
2522-2260
2522-2252
10.29145/JQM/32
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://ojs.umt.edu.pk/index.php/jqm/article/view/102/39
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2019 Uzma Naz, Zainab Ejaz, Naveed Khan
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