The effect of the income of the household head on the education of the children aged 6-18 years: a case study of Katanga area

Abstract

The study sought to examine the effect of income of the household head on the education of children aged 6-18 years and the case study was Katanga area. The specific objectives of the study were ; to assess the impact of the household size on the education of the children, to determine the impact of education of the household head on the education of the children and to examine the effect of the occupation of the household head on the education of the children. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze the data. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Qualitative approach provided ways of discerning, examining, comparing and contrasting, and interpreting meaningful patterns ot themes. Qualitative approach involved examinimg the assembled relevant data to determine how research questions were answered at hand. Quantitative data analysis helped me to analyze and categorize frequencies and percentages. Simple descriptive tabulations were used for quantitative analysis. I used primary data where Questionnaire method was used to collect data from household heads regarding these variables. The main method of data collection was semi-structured questionnaire administered to 136 household heads. Being in school and not in school were used as a measure of education of children. The data were analysed using logistic regression and the results showed that variables like age, sex, average monthly income affected the education status of children.