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Analysis of Secondary and Primary School Students Dropout in Dar es Salaam and Dodoma in Tanzania: A Case of Household Neighbourhood
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Tanzania has managed to initiate fee free policy, yet there is high rate of school dropout. This study
analyses the prevalence of secondary and primary school children dropout in Dar es Salaam and
Dodoma, specifically by household, spatial and neighbourhood drivers. The study employed cross-
sectional survey to collect quantitative data. A purposive and stratified sampling through cluster
sampling techniques were applied to obtain five neighbourhoods categorized by income ranging from
low to high. A total of 1609 respondents were administered through household survey questionnaire.
Quantitative data were analysed using STATA software in which descriptive and inferential statistics
using binary logistic regression were computed. The findings show that various factors have an
association of (P Value 0.05) with school children dropout. The type of household living, the number
of domestic workers, the quality of school in the neighbourhood, the number of the rooms in the
household and household members migration are factors significantly associated with school
students drop out. The results indicate that households with sufficient money to spend for the last
twelve months and those that dwelt in mixed low and medium neighbourhoods, as well as high
neighbourhood has a close relationship with school children drop out (P < 0.01).
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