Empirical Assessment Of Some Household Related Factors Affecting The Wellbeing Of Children In Rural Areas Particular Study Of Two Gandas Of Dawoo And Becho Districts
A number of factors related to the households in which children grow up influences thernwellbeing of children in rural areas. Some of the household related factors known to affect thernwellbeing of children are the size of the household, children's parental status, education andrnhealth of the parent, household livelihood, and access to services. On the other hand, thernchildren's wellbeing is indicated by status of their education, health, dietary condition andrnsanitation. Likewise, it was found that the households related factors do not uniformlyrndetermine these wellbeing indicators of children. Hence, factors that are relevant to educationrnof children may not necessarily be relevant to health or other wellbeing indicators such as dietrnand sanitation. The directions of the relationship also vary from one variable to the other andrnare generally complex. Moreover, some of the findings of this research are consistent withrnprevious studies while others are not