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This household survey was conducted in a slum of Monrovia, Liberia. It found 72% of children aged 6-14 were in private school, 9.1% in government school and 18.8% out of school. Half of children aged 3-5 (i.e. below compulsory school age) were enrolled in schools. The research did not find any evidence that girls were more likely to be out of school than boys or that families differentially choose to send their boys to school in preference to their girls. Whatever school their children attended, the educational decision makers generally viewed the private schools more favourably than the government alternative.
Author(s): Longfield D, Tooley J
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: International Journal of Educational Development
Year: 2017
Volume: 53
Pages: 117-127
Print publication date: 01/03/2017
Online publication date: 22/01/2017
Acceptance date: 01/08/2016
Date deposited: 18/07/2016
ISSN (print): 0738-0593
ISSN (electronic): 1873-4871
Publisher: Pergamon Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2016.08.006
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2016.08.006
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