Menstruation, Sanitary Products, and School Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

نویسندگان

  • Jere R. Behrman
  • Mark R. Rosenzweig
چکیده

Increasing female education is an important policy priority in many developing countries. Girls lag behind boys in schooling attainment, and female schooling is thought to be important for a variety of development outcomes (Barbara L. Wolfe and Jere R. Behrman 1987; Behrman and Wolfe 1989; Paul Glewwe 1999; Behrman and Mark R. Rosenzweig 2002). A number of researchers and policy-makers have argued the importance of menstruation in limiting school attendance and attainment (Yewoubdar Beyene 1989; Barbara Herz et al. 1991; Golnar Mehrah 1995; Annemarieke Mooijman et al. 2005; Marni Sommer 2010). The World Bank has put concrete numbers on the menstruation problem. If a girl misses 4 days of school every 4 weeks due to her period, she will miss 10 to 20 percent of her school days (Mooijman et al. 2005; Varina Tjon A Ten 2007). The possible role for menstruation in limiting school attendance has received significant attention in popular media, nearly all of which argues that menstruation is likely to be a significant factor in schooling (e.g., Anne Mawathe 2006; Paulus Kayiggwa 2007; Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn 2009; BBC News 2010).

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تاریخ انتشار 2010