The rise in poverty in the 1990s has adversely affected the poor families in Pakistan. Primary school enrolment has declined; health and housing conditions have also deteriorated. There is a large gap in these indicators between the poor and non-poor households, as well as between rural and urban...

This study analyses the factors that determine primary school enrolment in Pakistan, using data generated by Pakistan Socio-economic Survey (PSDE) carried out by Pakistan Institute of Development Economics between March and July 1999. Earlier studies have isolated a number of such factors, but...