Investigating the effects of community-based interventions on mathematics achievement of girls from low-income households in Kenya
This paper uses difference-in-difference and multivariate analyses procedures to examine the effects of two community-based intervention packages on mathematics achievement of primary school girls from low-income urban households in Kenya. The data involved in this study were collected between 2013...
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| description | This paper uses difference-in-difference and multivariate analyses procedures to examine the effects of two community-based intervention packages on mathematics achievement of primary school girls from low-income urban households in Kenya. The data involved in this study were collected between 2013 and 2015 from 748 12–19 years old primary school girls residing in two major Nairobi slums of Viwandani and Korogocho. These data were part of a larger intervention study that sought to improve schooling outcomes among girls from disadvantaged home backgrounds by providing them with after-school homework support, life skill mentoring and parental counselling. Results reveal intervention effects of between 23 and 26 mathematics score points on a Rasch scale with a mean of 400 a standard deviation of 100. These effects translate to at least one school term of learning for girls in the comparison group. Effect size for one of the intervention packages was small (0.24), while that of the second package was moderate (0.40). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-976860ecd0bf4282a045511d5a43218e2023-09-02T23:33:18ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Education2331-186X2017-01-014110.1080/2331186X.2017.12903341290334Investigating the effects of community-based interventions on mathematics achievement of girls from low-income households in KenyaNjora Hungi0Moses Ngware1African Population and Health Research CenterAfrican Population and Health Research CenterThis paper uses difference-in-difference and multivariate analyses procedures to examine the effects of two community-based intervention packages on mathematics achievement of primary school girls from low-income urban households in Kenya. The data involved in this study were collected between 2013 and 2015 from 748 12–19 years old primary school girls residing in two major Nairobi slums of Viwandani and Korogocho. These data were part of a larger intervention study that sought to improve schooling outcomes among girls from disadvantaged home backgrounds by providing them with after-school homework support, life skill mentoring and parental counselling. Results reveal intervention effects of between 23 and 26 mathematics score points on a Rasch scale with a mean of 400 a standard deviation of 100. These effects translate to at least one school term of learning for girls in the comparison group. Effect size for one of the intervention packages was small (0.24), while that of the second package was moderate (0.40).http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2017.1290334mathematics achievementcommunity-based interventionsgirl educationlow-income communitieskenya education |
| spellingShingle | Njora Hungi Moses Ngware Investigating the effects of community-based interventions on mathematics achievement of girls from low-income households in Kenya Cogent Education mathematics achievement community-based interventions girl education low-income communities kenya education |
| title | Investigating the effects of community-based interventions on mathematics achievement of girls from low-income households in Kenya |
| title_full | Investigating the effects of community-based interventions on mathematics achievement of girls from low-income households in Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Investigating the effects of community-based interventions on mathematics achievement of girls from low-income households in Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating the effects of community-based interventions on mathematics achievement of girls from low-income households in Kenya |
| title_short | Investigating the effects of community-based interventions on mathematics achievement of girls from low-income households in Kenya |
| title_sort | investigating the effects of community based interventions on mathematics achievement of girls from low income households in kenya |
| topic | mathematics achievement community-based interventions girl education low-income communities kenya education |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2017.1290334 |
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