Demand Side Determinants of Child Schooling in Urban Slums of Islamabad
Abstract
The study investigates the demand side determinants of child schooling by taking probability of enrollment as child schooling measure. Reduced form demand functions have been used to analyze the determining factors of child schooling for data obtained from primary survey for slums of Islamabad. The study explores that the demographic variables of the respondent and household head are important in decision making process. Boys are more likely to attend school as compared to girls and families with female household head have fewer chances to send their children to school. Economic conditions of the household significantly affect the probability of child enrollment and father employment status has significant negative affect on enrollment. However, occupation type significantly enhances the chances of school enrollment.
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