Effects of Livestock Herd Migration on Child Schooling in Marsabit District, Kenya
Resource type
Journal Article
Author/contributor
- Mburu, Samuel (Author)
Title
Effects of Livestock Herd Migration on Child Schooling in Marsabit District, Kenya
Abstract
To throw light on the challenge of providing education to pastoral households in the context of social and economic change, this study investigates the effects of herd migration on child schooling in Northern Kenya. Specifically, the analysis uses both household panel data and community-level focus-group data to identify the barriers to schooling, which include an insufficient number of schools, nomadism and communal conflicts. The results also reveal that herd migration has a significantly negative effect on school attendance--about a 26% probability of failure to attend among the children of livestock migrating households. The child's age and mother's literacy have a positive impact on child school attendance, but with girls more likely to attend than boys, probably because of higher opportunity costs. That is, attending school takes boys away from activities like herding, which have greater economic value than the nonmonetisable household duties performed by girls.
Publication
Effects of Livestock Herd Migration on Child Schooling in Marsabit District, Kenya
Volume
47
Issue
4
Pages
545-560
Date
20170101
Language
eng
ISSN
0305-7925
Extra
an: EJ1143563; source: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education; docTypes: Journal Articles ; Reports - Research; pubTypes: Academic JournalReport;
Citation
Mburu, S. (20170101). Effects of Livestock Herd Migration on Child Schooling in Marsabit District, Kenya. Effects of Livestock Herd Migration on Child Schooling in Marsabit District, Kenya, 47(4), 545–560. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2016.1257352
Link to this record