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Social Capital and Early Childhood Development Evidence from Rural India Wendy Janssens Washington, 20 May 2004
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Introduction Background Methodology Child outcomes Conclusion & further research
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Social capital and child development Individual level social capital Community level social capital Social capital and child outcomes –e.g. Runyan et al. (1998), Braatz & Putnam (1998), Willms & Somers (2001)
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Hypotheses Programme Knowledge Collective action Child outcomes
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Externalities in programme villages? Programme Knowledge Collective action Child outcomes in non-participating households
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Child outcomes Preschool enrolment School enrolment Immunization coverage Health and hygiene practices
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Description of the programme Context: State of Bihar The Mahila Samakhya programme Objectives Activities e.g.: –training on literacy, health, women’s status –savings and credit groups –informal preschool/school construction
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Membership in the programme The difference between non-members is never significant at 10% level or less The difference between programme villages and control villages never significant at 10% level or less.
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Sample selection Sample region Sample size and selection: –75 programme villages (1500 hh) 10 participating households (“Members”) 10 non-participating households (“Non-members”) –30 control villages (600 hh) 20 control households (“Control group”) Selection criteria for programme blocks
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Sample selection
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Data collection Household interviews Group interviews / village interviews Mahila Samakhya data Secondary data
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Mahila Samakhya and education Parental attitudes towards education Parental participation in school activities
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Parental attitudes towards education
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Parental participation in school activities
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Child outcomes (1) Preschool enrolment (3 - 5 years olds) School enrolment (6 - 13 year olds)
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Preschool enrolment by age
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Explanatory variables Child characteristics –Sex –Age Household characteristics –Caste, religion –Household and female education –Income –Female head of household –Household size and dependency ratio Programme characteristics –Member of Mahila Samakhya –Programme village Community characteristics –Number of preschools (schools, distance to health center) –District dummies –Block characteristics (selection criteria)
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Preschool enrolment *: p<0.10, **: p<0.05, ***: p<0.01
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School enrolment by gender
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School enrolment by caste
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School enrolment
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Child outcomes (2) Immunization coverage (0 - 13 year olds): –polio, tuberculosis, diphtheria, measles Health and hygiene practices (household): –prevalence and treatment of diarrhea
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Immunization coverage
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Immunization
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Summary immunization
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Prevalence of diarrhea in the last month
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Treatment of diarrhea
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Conclusion (1) Evidence suggests positive impact of the programme on participants: increased awareness of parents increased participation in education increased child outcomes (preschool, school, immunization, incidence of diarrhea)
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Conclusion (2) External effects of the programme on non- participating households seem substantial: increased participation in school activities increased child outcomes (preschool, school, immunization) especially for girls and children from Scheduled Castes
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Conclusion (3) Importance of good comparison groups in programme evaluation in order to avoid: - underestimation of effect on participants - underestimation of externalities
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Further research Other measures of child outcomes Mechanisms: –Processes that lead to external effects (role of social networks in knowledge transmission) –Dynamics of collective action
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