The Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 on Adolescents’ School Attendance in Sub-Saharan Africa
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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As the COVID-19 pandemic led to a
historic and widespread shutdown of schools across the
world, including in Sub-Saharan Africa, there were general
concerns that girls would be disproportionately affected.
This study analyzes the effects of the pandemic on the
school attendance of adolescent girls and boys in six
African countries. The study uses individual-level data on
children’s school attendance collected as part of
high-frequency phone surveys. Contrary to expectations, the
study reveals that there is no evidence to suggest that
gender gaps widened during the pandemic. If anything, gender
gaps appear to have narrowed in some countries. Further
in-depth analysis shows that while being a descendent of the
household head, having parents with at least primary
education, and above-median household wealth were associated
with a higher probability of school attendance among
adolescents before the pandemic, these factors lost their
salience in explaining school attendance in the aftermath of
the pandemic. These results suggest that some traditionally
protective forces were eroded during the COVID-19 crisis.
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AFRICA GENDER INNOVATION LAB, GENDER INEQUALITY, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, COVID-19 PANDEMIC, ADOLESCENT EDUCATION, COVID-19 IMPACT ON EDUCATION, AFRICA GENDER POLICY, GENDER INNOVATION LAB, WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE, WOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS