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    An empirical analysis of household formal education expenditure in Ghana
    (Cogent, 2024-12-31) Addai, Isaac
    Using data from the latest 2017 Ghana Living Standards Survey Round Seven, this paper explores variables affecting household spending on education using the OLS model. The results showed that in the 12 months preceding the survey, household in the southern regions of Ghana increased their education spending on all the three types of the education categories namely; basic, secondary and post-secondary, and tertiary education, and established that the average annual household basic education expen diture accounts for 17.7 percent of the total annual household income and taking into account household undefined education expenditure, 13.5 of a percentage point is spent more on household basic education. The average annual household secondary and post- secondary education expenditure accounts for 5.8 percent of the total annual household income. Accounting for household undefined education expenditure, 22 percent of a percentage point is spent more on household secondary and post-secondary educa tion and average annual household tertiary education expenditure accounted for 3.8% of the total annual household income. Weighing undetermined spending on education by household, 6.3 percent of a percentage point is spent on household tertiary education. Household expenditure on tertiary education is the lowest of all the education cate gories’ expenditure.
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    Annual Spending on Formal Education Among Households in the Ashanti Region of Ghana: A Ghana Living Standards Survey Seven Investigation
    (Elsevier, 2022-01-01) Addai, Isaac
    This study uses a Tobit model to analyse socio-economic regional variables affecting households expenditure on education from data collected from the seventh round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS VII) in 2017. The results showed that households in the Ashanti region increased their spending on education across all three categories of education covered by the data, with spending on basic education accounting for 57.1 percent of total household spending on education. Female heads of household and family size have a positive impact on households’ annual expenditure on education. This study could help stakeholders involved in the development of the education sector in the Ashanti region to devise better strategies, especially in the face of shrinking public budgets for education, by recognizing the contributions of households as key actors in investing in education in the Ashanti Region. At the policy level, the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council must act to ensure that households do not spend more than half of their total household spending on education for basic education.