Sharon Wolf|Dana Charles McCoy|Erin B. Godfrey
Barriers to school attendance and gender inequality: Empirical evidence from a sample of Ghanaian schoolchildren
Families USA|Harvard University|New York University
governments subsaharan africa made marked efforts increase school enrollment yet attendance completion rates remain low particularly girls study examines reasons school children attend school sample ghanaian students girls likely miss school family member sick whereas boys likely miss school due work caregivers inability pay school fees belief better educate boys girls related lower school attendance girls boys implications findings inform efforts improve educational access children discussed