This cross-sectional analysis examined the influence of school and household water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) conditions on recent primary school absence in light of other individual, household, and school characteristics in western Kenya. School latrine cleanliness was the only school WASH factor associated with reduced odds of absence. The marginal effect of household characteristics, su...

A binomial logit model is fitted to the college attendance behavior of 27,046 male high-school juniors in 1960, divided into 20 subgroups defined by student ability and family income. Tuition, high admissions standards, travel costs, and room and board costs all have significant negative effects on attendance. The highest elasticities of demand are found to occur in the low-income strata and lo...

Objectives The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the free school breakfast program implemented in the St. Joseph, MO school district and identify ways to facilitate the success of the program. Methods The study sample was comprised of three experimental and three control schools. Quantitative and qualitative data were obtained to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. Par...

An extensive survey data set of Brazilian households is used to test whether intrahousehold gender bias affects the decisions of mothers and fathers to send their sons and daughters to work and to school. An intrahousehold allocation model is examined in which fathers and mothers may affect the education investment and the child labor participation of their sons and daughters differently becaus...

Martin R. West, Harvard Graduate School of Education Matthew A. Kraft, Brown University Amy S. Finn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rebecca E. Martin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Angela L. Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania Christopher F.O. Gabrieli, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Transforming Education John D. E. Gabrieli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jun...

PURPOSE To evaluate if attendance at Lifeskills, a safety education centre for children in Year 6 (10-11 years), is associated with engagement in safer behaviours, and with fewer accidents and injuries, in adolescence. METHODS The sample are participants in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children who attended school in the Lifeskills catchment area in Year 6; 60% attended Lifeskil...

background: functional constipation (fc) is one of the important digestive disorders in pediatrics. its prevalence varies in different communities. the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of fc in our area between the school children and the impact of school on it. methods: this study was done on 4 to 12 years old children of nine schools and kindergartens of amirkola, (2007)....

BACKGROUND There is evidence that children experience a transient increase in mild episodes of gastroenteritis when they start attending out-of-home child care. We assessed the transient and sustained effects of cumulative day-care attendance, age at first enrolment and type of child care facility attended on hospitalization rates for gastroenteritis. METHODS Cox proportional hazard models we...