TITLE

Relationship between household literacy and educational engagement: Analysis of data from Rajkot district, India

AUTHOR(S)

Chudgar, Amita; Miller, Karyn; Kothari, Brij

PUB. DATE

February 2012

SOURCE

International Review of Education / Internationale Zeitschrift f;Feb2012, Vol. 58 Issue 1, p73

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Household engagement in a child's education is a complex process; depending on the culture and the context, it may be revealed through a variety of behaviours. Using data from one district in rural Gujarat, India, four indicators of a household's educational engagement were employed to investigate the relationship between household literacy levels and the household's engagement in the education of its child members. The findings on educational engagement were also compared across households with different wealth and income levels. Uniformly, indicators of household literacy levels were found to be more important in understanding a household's educational engagement than a household's wealth and income levels.

ACCESSION #

73823703

Tags: LITERACY;  EDUCATION -- India;  HOME schooling

 

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