Determinants of Primary School Enrollment in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
- The paper uses Demographic and Health Surveys for two years each for Haiti (2000 and 2005/06) and the Dominican Republic.
- The age of a child and family wealth are among the most important explanatory variables of enrollment.
- Late enrollment is an important driver of low overall participation rates.
- The median odds ratio indicates that enrollment status is determined to a relevant extent by household and community characteristics, and that their importance increased over time.
- Roughly half of all primary-age children did not attend school in Haiti in 2005, according to UNESCO figures cited in the paper.
The paper analyzes determinants of primary school enrollment in Haiti and the Dominican Republic and asks how far differences in schooling come from individual factors compared with family or community influences. It uses Demographic and Health Surveys for two years in each country and applies logistic multilevel regression, quantifying heterogeneity with the median odds ratio. Results support earlier studies that identify the age of a child and family wealth among the most important explanatory variables.
Late enrollment is recognized as an important driver of low overall participation. The median odds ratio indicates that enrollment status depends to a relevant extent on household and community characteristics, and suggests that these higher levels grew in importance over time.
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Justus Liebig University Giessen, 2010, Determinants of Primary School Enrollment in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, http://hdl.handle.net/10419/74453
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