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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Associations between household responsibilities and academic competencies in the context of education accessibility in Zambia
Learning and Individual Differences, Volume 27, Year 2013
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The relationship between education and socioeconomic status has been demonstrated in studies of the developed and the developing world, yet there are communities in which schooling is either not available to all children or not a preferred activity for all children. In this study, we investigated the differences between children in-school and out-of-school in rural and peri-urban communities of Zambia. As expected, we found that the children in-school performed higher in domains of adaptive behavior and on assessments of academic achievement (i.e., mathematics, reading). Somewhat unexpectedly, however, when controlling for socioeconomic status, household responsibilities (i.e., chores, work) were a positive predictor for the performance of the children out-of-school, but a negative predictor for the children in-school. The relationship between household responsibilities and academic performance may be bidirectional and differential; for example, our findings allow for the hypothesis that for in-school children household responsibilities take time away from the studies, but for out-of-school children they provide some limited mathematics exposure. © 2013 Elsevier Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Reich, Jodi
United States, New Haven
Yale University
Hein, Sascha D.
United States, New Haven
Yale University
Krivulskaya, Suzanna
United States, New Haven
Yale University
Hart, Lesley
United States, New Haven
Yale University
Gumkowski, Nina
United States, New Haven
Haskins Laboratories new Haven
Grigorenko, Elena L.
United States, New Haven
Yale University
United States, New Haven
Haskins Laboratories new Haven
Russian Federation, Moscow
Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
United States, New York
Columbia University
Chamvu, Florence
Zambia, Lusaka
University of Zambia
Jere-Folotiya, Jacqueline P.
Zambia, Lusaka
University of Zambia
Kaani, Bestern
Zambia, Lusaka
University of Zambia
Kalima, Kalima
Zambia, Lusaka
University of Zambia
Kasonde-Ngandu, Sophie
Zambia, Lusaka
University of Zambia
Serpell, Robert
Zambia, Lusaka
University of Zambia
Chart, Hilary
United States, Palo Alto
Stanford University
Jarvin, Linda
France, Paris
Paris College of Art
Kwiatkowski, Jonna
United States, Marshall
Mars Hill University
Newman, Tina
United States, Glastonbury
Center for Children with Special Needs
Stemler, Steven E.
United States, Middletown
Wesleyan University Middletown
Philip, E. Thuma
Zambia, Choma District
Macha Research Trust
Yrigollen, Carolyn
United States, Davis
University of California, Davis
Statistics
Citations: 19
Authors: 19
Affiliations: 12
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.lindif.2013.02.005
e-ISSN:
18733425
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
Zambia