A solution proposed to help counteract these issues was to provide a monetary incentive to students in order to help alleviate some of the financial burdens that come with attending school instead of helping to generate money for the home. Probably the best example of this being a success come from an experiment conducted in Bangladesh. In this experiment study, students were paid for attendance. The purpose was to motivate students to attend school. The hope was that attendance rates would increase and students would begin to utilize educational opportunities while still helping to provide for their respective families. The data collection layout was as follows:
“We collected time-use data in 1992 from a sample of 240 households, containing a total of 890 individuals. The 240 households consisted of a 25 percent random sample of male-headed households and all female-headed households in two villages. All results are weighted so that the results are representative of the villages’ populations. The data are longitudinal; the sample was drawn in 1992, and respondents were re-interviewed in 1995 and 1996. Each household member older than 5 years of age contributed observations and was asked to recall sequentially all activities conducted in the 24-hour period prior to the interview. Activities were recorded in daily charts and coded according to a detailed activity list. Supervisors checked forms carefully for accuracy and frequently revisited sample households. (Arends-Kuenning and Amin; Jr. , 2004)”
“We collected time-use data in 1992 from a sample of 240 households, containing a total of 890 individuals. The 240 households consisted of a 25 percent random sample of male-headed households and all female-headed households in two villages. All results are weighted so that the results are representative of the villages’ populations. The data are longitudinal; the sample was drawn in 1992, and respondents were re-interviewed in 1995 and 1996. Each household member older than 5 years of age contributed observations and was asked to recall sequentially all activities conducted in the 24-hour period prior to the interview. Activities were recorded in daily charts and coded according to a detailed activity list. Supervisors checked forms carefully for accuracy and frequently revisited sample households. (Arends-Kuenning and Amin; Jr. , 2004)”
The results showed that while the incentive did help to motivate kids to leave their duties at home and attend school, the girls were actually the only true successful participants. A lot of the boys were still unable to attend school and ended up doing even more agricultural work, which was probably done to pick up any slack left behind by the girls who went to school.