title: Monitoring the education gap in Thailand:  trends and differentials in lower and upper secondary schooling.
abstract: "Using 1980 census and 1987 survey data on birth cohorts to examine recent primary and secondary school enrollment trends [in Thailand], this study reports that primary enrollment is nearly universal but secondary enrollment is much less prevalent.  The study assesses several factors thought to influence enrollment and finds that urban residence, parents' completion of primary school, the mother's positive attitude toward education, and the family's being comfortable economically to be associated with children's enrollment in secondary school.  It also indicates that, for moderately well-off families, proximity to schools has a major influence on secondary school attendance.  For the wealthiest families, however, distance is not a hindrance to attendance, and for the poorest families, having a school nearby is not sufficient to ensure attendance."
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Knodel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wongsith
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D001519:Behavior; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004493:Education; D004522:Educational Status; D005843:Geography; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D011153:Population; D011584:Psychology; D012106:Research; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012574:Schools; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students; D013785:Thailand
keywords: Asia; Behavior; Cohort Analysis; Developing Countries; Distance; Economic Factors; Education; Educational Status; Geographic Factors; Locale; Population; Primary Schools; Psychological Factors; Research Methodology; Residence Characteristics; School Enrollment; Schools; Secondary Schools; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Southeastern Asia; Spatial Distribution; Thailand