Child Marriage, Education, and Agency in Uganda

This contribution relies on four different approaches and data sources to assess and discuss the impact of child marriage on secondary school enrollment and completion in Uganda. The four data sources are: (1) qualitative evidence on differences in community and parental preferences for the educatio...

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Main Authors:	Wodon, Quentin, Nguyen, Minh Cong, Tsimpo, Clarence
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2015
Subjects:	child marriage education out-of-school children enrollment dropout school completion
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23535

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spelling	okr-10986-235352021-04-23T14:04:15Z Child Marriage, Education, and Agency in Uganda Wodon, Quentin Nguyen, Minh Cong Tsimpo, Clarence child marriage education out-of-school children enrollment dropout school completion This contribution relies on four different approaches and data sources to assess and discuss the impact of child marriage on secondary school enrollment and completion in Uganda. The four data sources are: (1) qualitative evidence on differences in community and parental preferences for the education of boys and girls and on the higher likelihood of girls to drop out of school in comparison to boys; (2) reasons declared by parents as to why their children have dropped out of school; (3) reasons declared by secondary school principals as to why students drop out; and (4) econometric estimation of the impact of child marriage on secondary school enrollment and completion. Together, the four approaches provide strong evidence that child marriage reduces secondary school enrollment and completion for girls with substantial implications for agency. 2015-12-28T23:13:34Z 2015-12-28T23:13:34Z 2015-10-26 Journal Article Feminist Economics 1354-5701 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23535 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Uganda
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description	This contribution relies on four different approaches and data sources to assess and discuss the impact of child marriage on secondary school enrollment and completion in Uganda. The four data sources are: (1) qualitative evidence on differences in community and parental preferences for the education of boys and girls and on the higher likelihood of girls to drop out of school in comparison to boys; (2) reasons declared by parents as to why their children have dropped out of school; (3) reasons declared by secondary school principals as to why students drop out; and (4) econometric estimation of the impact of child marriage on secondary school enrollment and completion. Together, the four approaches provide strong evidence that child marriage reduces secondary school enrollment and completion for girls with substantial implications for agency.
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author	Wodon, Quentin Nguyen, Minh Cong Tsimpo, Clarence
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title	Child Marriage, Education, and Agency in Uganda
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Child Marriage, Education, and Agency in Uganda

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