| Author(s) |
National Stastical Office, Zomba Malawi ORC Macro Calverton, Maryland, USA |
| Date |
2003-04-01 |
| Country |
Malawi |
| Language |
English |
| Contributor(s) |
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) Department for International Development (DfID)/Malawi United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Malawi Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)/Malawi |
| Publisher(s) |
National Statistical Office, Zomba Malawi ORC Macro Calverton, Maryland, USA |
| Description |
This report presents the major findings of the 2002 Malawi DHS EdData Survey (MDES). The 2002 MDES is the first education survey of its kind to be conducted in Malawi. The primary objective of the 2002 MDES is to provide up-to-date information on education among children of primary school age in order to inform the development, monitoring, and evaluation of education programmes in Malawi. The survey focuses on the factors influencing household decisions about children’s school attendance. These data supplement the data collected by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology by focusing on attendance and exploring the costs of schooling (monetary and non-monetary) and parent/guardian attitudes about schooling. |
| Table of contents |
Tables and figures - vii
Foreword - xi
Summary of findings - xiii
Map of Malawi - xvi
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Geography, history, and economy - 1
1.2 Education system and programmes -2
1.3 Sources of education data - 3
1.4 Objectives of the 2002 Malawi DHS EdData Survey - 3
1.5 Organization of the survey - 4
1.6 The 2002 MDES and the 2000 Malawi DHS - 4
1.7 Sample design - 4
1.8 Questionnaires - 5
1.9 Training - 6
1.10 Data collection and data processing - 6
CHAPTER 2 CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSEHOLDS AND HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
2.1 Household population by age, sex, and residence - 9
2.2 Household composition - 10
2.3 Educational attainment - 10
2.4 Children’s background characteristics - 13
2.5 Children’s living arrangements - 13
2.6 Children’s eating patterns - 14
2.7 Housing characteristics - 15
CHAPTER 3 PARENT/GUARDIAN RESPONDENTS’ BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS
3.1 Background characteristics - 19
3.2 Educational attainment - 19
3.3 Literacy - 22
3.4 Exposure to mass media - 24
CHAPTER 4 SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RATES
4.1 Primary school attendance ratios - 27
4.2 Secondary school attendance ratios - 31
4.3 Over-age, under-age, and on-time pupils - 33
4.4 Age-specific schooling status - 34
4.5 Primary school pupil flow rates - 36
CHAPTER 5 HOUSEHOLD PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL SELECTION
5.1 Household proximity to schools - 41
5.2 School type - 44
CHAPTER 6 FACTORS AFFECTING CHILDREN’S SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
6.1 Starting school - 47
6.2 Never having attended school - 51
6.3 Pupil dropout - 53
CHAPTER 7 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES ON SCHOOLING
7.1 Incidence of expenditures on primary schooling - 57
7.2 Mean expenditures on primary schooling - 63
7.3 Sources of support for the monetary costs of primary schooling - 65
CHAPTER 8 OTHER HOUSEHOLD CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCHOOLING
8.1 Time children spend on school-related activities - 67
8.2 Homework - 67
8.3 Parent/guardian involvement at primary schools - 70
8.4 Other contributions to schooling - 71
CHAPTER 9 KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES ABOUT GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES AND POLICY
9.1 Free primary education - 73
9.2 The parent-teacher association and the school committee - 76
CHAPTER 10 PERCEIVED SCHOOL QUALITY
10.1 School facilities - 79
10.2 School policies - 81
10.3 Teachers - 83
10.4 Curriculum - 85
10.5 Parental involvement - 85
CHAPTER 11 PERCEIVED VALUE OF SCHOOLING
11.1 Importance of schooling - 87
11.2 Benefits of schooling - 88
11.3 Disadvantages of schooling - 92
CHAPTER 12 PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPIL ABSENTEEISM
12.1 Primary school pupil absenteeism in the 2001 school year - 95
12.2 Primary school pupil absenteeism in the week preceding the interview - 98
12.3 Pupil absenteeism and household work - 100
REFERENCES -101
APPENDIX A SAMPLE DESIGN -103
APPENDIX B SAMPLING ERRORS - 105
APPENDIX C SURVEY STAFF -111
APPENDIX D QUESTIONNAIRES - 113 |
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