Determinants of Participation and Expenditure Patterns of Private Tuition Received by Primary School Students in Penang, Malaysia: An Exploratory Study

Autor/inn/en	Jelani, Juliana; Tan, Andrew K. G.
Titel	Determinants of Participation and Expenditure Patterns of Private Tuition Received by Primary School Students in Penang, Malaysia: An Exploratory Study
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 32 (2012) 1, S.35-51 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0218-8791
DOI	10.1080/02188791.2012.655238
Schlagwörter	Expenditures; Marital Status; Low Income; Parent Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Probability; Tuition; Elementary School Students; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Ethnicity; Enrollment Trends; Asians; Indians; Trend Analysis; One Parent Family; Educational Policy; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausgaben; Familienstand; Niedriglohn; Elternverhalten; Ausland; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Ethnizität; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Inder; Trendanalyse; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik
Abstract	In this exploratory study, the censored Tobit model is applied on primary data collected amongst parents of primary school students in Penang, Malaysia to examine the determinants of participation and expenditures on private tuition (PT). Results of the marginal effects indicate that socio-demographic characteristics--ethnicity, household income, level of schooling, and marital status--affect the probability of participation and its corresponding conditional (amongst those whose spending is positive) and unconditional (overall) expenditures. Specifically, compared to ethnic Malays, households of Chinese and Indian descent are more likely to send their children to PT, whilst spending more on conditional and unconditional expenditures, "ceteris paribus." Low-income households have a lower likelihood to enrol their children in PT classes and spend less on conditional and unconditional expenditures than higher income households. Upper primary students are more likely to attend PT and spend more on conditional and unconditional expenditures than lower primary students. Single-parent households spend more on conditional and unconditional expenditures than households where both parents are together, all else equal. Based on these findings, several observations in terms of comparisons to other studies and policy implications are noted vis-a-vis the demand for PT amongst primary school students. (Contains 4 tables and 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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