Abstract:
This study is to assess the relationship between parental education level and child problems (health and
education). Parents are the carriers and emblems of communally generated and mediated knowledge.
Therefore, the study aims to understand the extent to which parental educational level promotes
empowerment of children in terms of health and education. The following ‘pathways’ are investigated:
educated parent’s income; their exposure to media; literacy; labour market participation; and knowledge on
health. The study estimates simple linear models and finds that parental education is positively associated
with child education. Parental education level generates healthy economic environment in the family, and
positively associated with children’s human capital formation. In this situation, the study suggests that
policy makers must level their attempts at policies to empower of children through human capital
formation. However, from any development programme which is to develop the well-being of families
should attend the child education and health.
