Household Income and Preschool Attendance in China

作者：Gong Xin^*; Xu Di; Han Wen Jui

来源：Child Development, 2015, 86(1): 194-208.

DOI：10.1111/cdev.12294

This article draws upon the literature showing the benefits of high-quality preschools on child well-being to explore the role of household income on preschool attendance for a cohort of 3- to 6-year-olds in China using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, 1991-2006. Analyses are conducted separately for rural (N=1,791) and urban (N=633) settings. Estimates from a probit model with rich controls suggest a positive association between household income per capita and preschool attendance in both settings. A household fixed-effects model, conducted only on the rural sample, finds results similar to, although smaller than, those from the probit estimates. Policy recommendations are discussed.

• 出版日期2015-2
• 单位南宁师范大学