SUMMARY

This paper examines family-level determinants of schooling for boys and girls in Guinea using bivariate and multivariate analyses on data collected from school surveys. The results indicate that parents ’ education and household wealth are two important determinants of school attendance and completion, particularly for girls. Mothers ’ formal education is found to be a significant determinant of girls ’ school attendance, increasing the probability of attendance by 18 per cent. In contrast, fathers ’ formal education has no significant effect on children’s schooling. Non-formal education appears to have a different impact on the chances of currently being in school for boys and girls. Mothers ’ non-formal education increases the chances of boys attending school and decreases those of girls, whereas fathers ’ non-formal education reduces the chances of both boys and girls attending primary school. The work presented here is part of a research programme on Gender and Primary Schooling in Africa, directed b