Childbearing and schooling: new evidence from South Africa.

Autor/inn/en	Madhavan, Sangeetha; Thomas, Kevin J. A.
Titel	Childbearing and schooling: new evidence from South Africa.
Quelle	In: Comparative education review, 49 (2005) 4, S. 452-467Infoseite zur Zeitschrift Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-4086
Schlagwörter	Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Empirische Untersuchung; Geschlechtsspezifische Sozialisation; Familienplanung; Geschlechterrolle; Schulpolitik; Schule; Schulerfolg; Geburt; AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome); Gesundheit; Gesundheitserziehung; Gesundheitspolitik; Schwangerschaft; Datenanalyse; Entwicklungsland; Kinderfürsorge; Abbruch; Mädchen; Südafrika (Staat)
Abstract	There have been many investigations into the relation between educational attainment and childbearing among girls who become pregnant while in school. The predominant view is that young mothers are less likely to finish schooling. Moreover, leaving school prevents them from getting good jobs, which, in turn, can perpetuate a cycle of poverty. While some evidence from sub-Saharan Africa supports the idea that childbearing impedes educational progress, South African researchers have argued the contrary, that childbearing during the school years does not necessarily prevent a girl from completing her education. In this article, the authors use both South African census data from 1996 and recently collected qualitative data from one rural area to contribute to this debate. Our findings suggest policy initiatives to delay entry into motherhood and to improve the educational success of young mothers in rural South Africa. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2006/4