title: Household income and preschool attendance in china.
abstract: This article draws upon the literature showing the benefits of high-quality preschools on child well-being to explore the role of household income on preschool attendance for a cohort of 3- to 6-year-olds in China using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, 1991-2006. Analyses are conducted separately for rural (N = 1,791) and urban (N = 633) settings. Estimates from a probit model with rich controls suggest a positive association between household income per capita and preschool attendance in both settings. A household fixed-effects model, conducted only on the rural sample, finds results similar to, although smaller than, those from the probit estimates. Policy recommendations are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Wen-Jui
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*