Do working children have worse academic performance?
Artículo
en Inglés
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-80634
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To examine the effect of child labor on school children's academic performance.METHODS:
Primary school children engaged in child labor were compared with age, sex and school-matched controls for absence from school and scores obtained at sessional examination in English language, Mathematics, Sciences and Social studies.RESULTS:
There was no significant difference in the mean rate of school absence (p = 0.80), mean aggregate examination scores (p = 0.1) and proportion of class repeaters (p = 0.16) among working school children and the controls. However, a significantly higher proportion of the controls had high (>75%) average examination scores compared with the working school children (p = 0.017). Similarly, the controls performed better than working school children in each of four core subjects but significant differences were observed only in Social Studies and Science (p = 0.006 and 0.001 respectively).CONCLUSION:
There is some undermining of academic performance among children who combine schooling with child labor despite comparable school absence with the controls.
Texto completo:
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Índice:
IMSEAR (Asia Sudoriental)
Asunto principal:
Rendimiento Escolar Bajo
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Distribución de Chi-Cuadrado
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Niño
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Preescolar
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Estudios Transversales
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Países en Desarrollo
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Absentismo
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio observacional
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Estudio de prevalencia
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Factores de riesgo
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
Inglés
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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