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Rural-urban differentials in early childhood education and child development: Evidence from Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) in Ghana
Children’s early development is a key component that affects their wellbeing and health as they age. In recent times, scholars’ interest in Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Early Child Development (ECD) has grown exponentially. However, rural-urban differentials in early childhood development in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10406182/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37549109 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002171 |
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author | Agyekum, Martin Wiredu Yeboah, Sylvia Boamah Dzradosi, Charity Ofosu-Ampong, Kingsley Quaye, Michael Odenkey Donkoh, Christie Acquah, Andrews Dzikunu, Cosmos Kwame Pajibo, Edison Yelkpieri, Daniel Tamanja, Emmanuel M. J. Nsoh, Ephraim Avea |
author_facet | Agyekum, Martin Wiredu Yeboah, Sylvia Boamah Dzradosi, Charity Ofosu-Ampong, Kingsley Quaye, Michael Odenkey Donkoh, Christie Acquah, Andrews Dzikunu, Cosmos Kwame Pajibo, Edison Yelkpieri, Daniel Tamanja, Emmanuel M. J. Nsoh, Ephraim Avea |
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description | Children’s early development is a key component that affects their wellbeing and health as they age. In recent times, scholars’ interest in Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Early Child Development (ECD) has grown exponentially. However, rural-urban differentials in early childhood development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and particularly in Ghana are unknown. This study examined the rural-urban differentials in Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Early Child Development (ECD) in Ghana. We used cross-sectional data from 2017/2018 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) by the Ghana Statistical Service. We restricted the data to children aged 3 and 4 years. A sample size of 3683 children was used in this study. Poisson regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Early Child Development (ECD) in rural and urban Ghana. Both ECE and ECD scores were higher in the urban areas than in the rural areas. The regression shows the rural-urban disparity in ECD by ECE. The Preschool Program (ECE) has a good impact on children’s early development in Ghana. However, the Relative Risk Ratio (RRR) in rural areas was higher than in urban areas. Beyond this, other factors such as age of child, ecological zone, maternal education and wealth index were associated with ECD. Our findings show a significant disparity in Early Childhood Education and Childhood Development in rural and urban areas This study therefore recommends that more resources be channeled in rural areas to help improve ECE and ECD while policies should be tailored to Early Childhood Education. |
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spelling | pubmed-104061822023-08-08 Rural-urban differentials in early childhood education and child development: Evidence from Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) in Ghana Agyekum, Martin Wiredu Yeboah, Sylvia Boamah Dzradosi, Charity Ofosu-Ampong, Kingsley Quaye, Michael Odenkey Donkoh, Christie Acquah, Andrews Dzikunu, Cosmos Kwame Pajibo, Edison Yelkpieri, Daniel Tamanja, Emmanuel M. J. Nsoh, Ephraim Avea PLOS Glob Public Health Research Article Children’s early development is a key component that affects their wellbeing and health as they age. In recent times, scholars’ interest in Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Early Child Development (ECD) has grown exponentially. However, rural-urban differentials in early childhood development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and particularly in Ghana are unknown. This study examined the rural-urban differentials in Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Early Child Development (ECD) in Ghana. We used cross-sectional data from 2017/2018 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) by the Ghana Statistical Service. We restricted the data to children aged 3 and 4 years. A sample size of 3683 children was used in this study. Poisson regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Early Child Development (ECD) in rural and urban Ghana. Both ECE and ECD scores were higher in the urban areas than in the rural areas. The regression shows the rural-urban disparity in ECD by ECE. The Preschool Program (ECE) has a good impact on children’s early development in Ghana. However, the Relative Risk Ratio (RRR) in rural areas was higher than in urban areas. Beyond this, other factors such as age of child, ecological zone, maternal education and wealth index were associated with ECD. Our findings show a significant disparity in Early Childhood Education and Childhood Development in rural and urban areas This study therefore recommends that more resources be channeled in rural areas to help improve ECE and ECD while policies should be tailored to Early Childhood Education. Public Library of Science 2023-08-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10406182/ /pubmed/37549109 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002171 Text en © 2023 Agyekum et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Agyekum, Martin Wiredu Yeboah, Sylvia Boamah Dzradosi, Charity Ofosu-Ampong, Kingsley Quaye, Michael Odenkey Donkoh, Christie Acquah, Andrews Dzikunu, Cosmos Kwame Pajibo, Edison Yelkpieri, Daniel Tamanja, Emmanuel M. J. Nsoh, Ephraim Avea Rural-urban differentials in early childhood education and child development: Evidence from Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) in Ghana |
title | Rural-urban differentials in early childhood education and child development: Evidence from Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) in Ghana |
title_full | Rural-urban differentials in early childhood education and child development: Evidence from Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) in Ghana |
title_fullStr | Rural-urban differentials in early childhood education and child development: Evidence from Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) in Ghana |
title_full_unstemmed | Rural-urban differentials in early childhood education and child development: Evidence from Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) in Ghana |
title_short | Rural-urban differentials in early childhood education and child development: Evidence from Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) in Ghana |
title_sort | rural-urban differentials in early childhood education and child development: evidence from multiple indicator cluster survey (mics) in ghana |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10406182/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37549109 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002171 |
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