TY - JOUR
T1 - Study of factors preventing children from enrolment in primary school in the Republic of Honduras
T2 - analysis using structural equation modelling
AU - Ashida, Akemi
N1 - Funding Information:
I would like to express my deep appreciation to Professor Tatsuo Kawashima, Kobe University and Dr. Takeshi Sekiya, Kwansei Gakuin University for providing great advice and support with this analysis. Also, I cordially thank Lic Zoila Herrera for her devoted cooperation. This study was conducted in part with the aid from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (22402054) and JSPS Fellows (246060).
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PY - 2015/9/3
Y1 - 2015/9/3
N2 - Studies have investigated factors that impede enrolment in Honduras. However, they have not analysed individual factors as a whole or identified the relationships among them. This study used longitudinal data for 1971 children who entered primary schools from 1986 to 2000, and employed structural equation modelling to examine the factors themselves as well as the relationships between their components and educational attainment. Findings indicate that reduced educational attainment is not necessarily the result of repetition or dropout. Low educational attainment occurs due to impediments in access to school, absenteeism, or overage, as this leads to a child suddenly leaving school.
AB - Studies have investigated factors that impede enrolment in Honduras. However, they have not analysed individual factors as a whole or identified the relationships among them. This study used longitudinal data for 1971 children who entered primary schools from 1986 to 2000, and employed structural equation modelling to examine the factors themselves as well as the relationships between their components and educational attainment. Findings indicate that reduced educational attainment is not necessarily the result of repetition or dropout. Low educational attainment occurs due to impediments in access to school, absenteeism, or overage, as this leads to a child suddenly leaving school.
KW - Honduras
KW - dropout
KW - grade repetition
KW - longitudinal data
KW - primary school education
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U2 - 10.1080/03004279.2013.837946
DO - 10.1080/03004279.2013.837946
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84931568206
SN - 0300-4279
VL - 43
SP - 579
EP - 594
JO - Education 3-13
JF - Education 3-13
IS - 5
ER -