Open AccessChildhood Illness and the Gender Gap in Adolescent Education in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Author(s) -
Marcella Alsan,
Anlu Xing,
Paul H. Wise,
Gary L. Darmstadt,
Eran Bendavid
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 345
eISSN - 1098-4275
pISSN - 0031-4005
DOI - 10.1542/peds.2016-3175
Subject(s) - medicine , gender gap , educational attainment , demography , adolescent health , confidence interval , developing country , demographic economics , nursing , sociology , economics , economic growth
Achieving gender equality in education is an important development goal. We tested the hypothesis that the gender gap in adolescent education is accentuated by illnesses among young children in the household.
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