Assessing household financial burdens for preprimary education and associated socioeconomic inequalities: a case study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Providing young children with universal access to preprimary education (PPE) is considered a powerful tool for human capital development and eliminating the intergenerational transmission of poverty. To remove household financial barrier for achieving universal PPE, this study proposed a measure to identify households incurring 'heavy financial burdens from paying for PPE' (HBPPE) and conducted a case study in China.

Methods

Using nationally representative data in 2019, we estimated the percentage of households with HBPPE (spent 7% or more of their total annual expenditure) and associated socioeconomic inequalities. We also applied a three-level logit regression model to investigate the factors associated with the probabilities of households incurring HBPPE.

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SUBMITTER: Wei Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10423832 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature