Do working children have worse academic performance?
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Dans Anglais
| 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.
Texte intégral:
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Indice:
IMSEAR (Asie du Sud-Est)
Sujet Principal:
Sous-performance
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Femelle
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Humains
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Mâle
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Loi du khi-deux
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Enfant
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Enfant d'âge préscolaire
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Études transversales
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Pays en voie de développement
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Absentéisme
Type d'étude:
Étude observationnelle
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Étude de prévalence
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Facteurs de risque
Pays comme sujet:
Afrique
langue:
Anglais
Année:
2007
Type:
Article
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