TY - JOUR
T1 - Household decisions and gender inequality in education in rural China
AU - Li, Danke K
AU - Tsang, Mun C
PY - 2003/1/1
Y1 - 2003/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/history-facultypubs/110
UR - https://libraryapps.fairfield.edu/openurl?sid=google&auinit=D&aulast=Li&atitle=Household+decisions+and+gender+inequality+in+education+in+rural+China&id=doi:10.1142/S0219747203000153&title=China+(National+University+of+Singapore.+East+Asian+Institute)&volume=1&issue=02&date=2003&spage=224&issn=0219-7472&newUI=1clickoff
U2 - 10.1142/S0219747203000153
DO - 10.1142/S0219747203000153
M3 - Article
VL - 1
JO - China: An International Journal
JF - China: An International Journal
ER -