Household size.

Byline: Bilawal Hussain Bhinder - Nagoya, Japan

A STUDY which used data from the Pakistan Rural Household Survey 2004-5 correlated that the child school attendance with the size of the household and the results were as anticipated.

The greater the number of children in the household the lower is the school attendance. The study also shows that of the children who are affected are often girls rather than boys.

We as a society need to understand the societal issues concerning gender inequality which is still prevalent mostly in rural...