Household access to water and education for girls: The case of villages in hilly and mountainous areas of Nepal
Household access to water and education for girls: The case of villages in hilly and mountainous areas of Nepal
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DOI：
10.1080/13600818.2021.1965978
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发表时间：
2021-08-30
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Yoshida, Yuichiro
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作者：
Dhital, Ram Prasad;Ito, Takahiro;Yoshida, Yuichiro
本研究探讨了家庭用水的可及性对尼泊尔偏远丘陵和山区村庄儿童受教育程度的影响。受教育程度的衡量标准是入学率、留级率以及小学和初中教育的完成情况。估计结果表明，取水时间每增加一小时，女童完成小学教育的概率就会降低约17个百分点（14-16岁年龄组）。虽然男孩的毕业率受影响较小，但他们更有可能留级。更多的分析表明，这些结果是由于年龄较大的男孩和年龄较小的女孩更多地参与家务劳动。
This study examines the effect of household water accessibility on children's educational attainment in villages situated in the remote hilly and mountainous areas of Nepal. Educational attainment was measured based on school attendance, grade repetition, and completion of primary and lower-secondary schooling. The estimation results show that a one-hour increase in the time spent on a water-fetching trip will decrease the probability of girls completing primary school by about 17 percentage points (in the age group of 14-16 years). Although boys' completion rate is less affected, they are more likely to repeat a grade. Additional analyses indicate that these results are driven by the increased participation of older boys and younger girls in household duties.