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Family Structure and Child Educational Attainment in the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
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| Author | Abuya, Benta A. Mutisya, Maurice Onsomu, Elijah O. Ngware, Moses Oketch, Moses |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2158244019855849?download=true |
| ISSN | 21582440 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 9 |
| Journal | SAGE Open (SGO) |
| e-ISSN | 21582440 |
| DOI | 10.1177/2158244019855849 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications CA |
| Publisher Date | 2019-06-10 |
| Publisher Place | Los Angeles |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © The Author(s) 2019 |
| Subject Keyword | school achievement education family childhood household income Kenya |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Arts and Humanities Social Sciences |
