Contribution of rural roads improvement on children’s school attendance: Evidence in Cambodia

Rika Idei, Hironori Kato and So Morikawa

International Journal of Educational Development, 2020, vol. 72, issue C

Abstract: This study used quantitative and qualitative data collected in rural Cambodia after road improvements to investigate whether children living along better-conditioned roads attend basic education school more. The quantitative analysis revealed that the road conditions did not influence children's attendance, while suggesting significant influences of school travel distance as well as household’s ownership of two-wheeled vehicles and its member composition. The qualitative analysis complemented these results by confirming that improved roads motivated households to purchase those vehicles for easing children’s schooling; and household members’ appreciation of education and socioeconomic characteristics influenced their children’s education attainment.

Keywords: Basic education; Schooling; Rural roads; Cambodia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2019.102131

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