Title
Household decisions and gender inequality in education in rural China
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2003
Abstract
This study employs a multidisciplinary approach to understand household education decisions and their implications for gender inequality in education in rural China. Based on a household survey of poor rural counties in Gansu and Hebei and local accounts, the study finds that parents have higher educational expectations for boys than for girls. Household education spending is a heavy economic burden for poor rural households, and school non-attendance rates are higher for girls than for boys in the majority of the counties. School attendance is related to economic burden, gender and other factors, but the relationship differs across the counties.
Publication Title
China: An International Journal
Repository Citation
Li, Danke K. and Tsang, Mun C., "Household decisions and gender inequality in education in rural China" (2003). History Faculty Publications. 110.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/history-facultypubs/110
Published Citation
Li, Danke, and Mun C. Tsang. "Household decisions and gender inequality in education in rural China." China: An International Journal 1.02 (Sept 2003): 224-248. doi:10.1142/S0219747203000153.
DOI
10.1142/S0219747203000153
Peer Reviewed
Comments
Copyright 2003 World Scientific
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