Do working children have worse academic performance?
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em Inglês
| 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.
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Índice:
IMSEAR (Sudeste Asiático)
Assunto principal:
Baixo Rendimento Escolar
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado
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Criança
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Pré-Escolar
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Estudos Transversais
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Países em Desenvolvimento
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Absenteísmo
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
País/Região como assunto:
África
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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