Ssewamala Fred M, Karimli Leyla, Chang-Keun Han, Ismayilova Leyla
Associate Professor of Social Work and International Affairs, Columbia University.
Child Youth Serv Rev. 2010 Dec 1;32(12):1704-1710. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.07.013.
We examine the impact of social capital on savings and educational performance of orphaned adolescents participating in a family-level economic strengthening program in Uganda. Findings indicate that if given the opportunity, poor families in Uganda will use financial institutions to save for the education of their adolescent youth. Moreover, although the results are mixed, overall, adolescents with higher levels of social capital and social support, including participation in youth groups, are likely to report better saving performance compared to their counterparts with lower levels of social capital and social support. The results point to: (1) the role for family-economic strengthening programs specifically focused on improving the educational outcomes of orphaned adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa, and (2) the need for adolescents to be encouraged to participate in youth groups since these groups seem to offer the much needed supportive informal institutional structure for positive adolescent outcomes.
我们考察了社会资本对参与乌干达一项家庭层面经济强化项目的孤儿青少年储蓄及学业表现的影响。研究结果表明，如果有机会，乌干达的贫困家庭会利用金融机构为其青少年子女的教育进行储蓄。此外，尽管结果不一，但总体而言，与社会资本和社会支持水平较低的同龄人相比，社会资本和社会支持水平较高（包括参与青年团体）的青少年可能会有更好的储蓄表现。研究结果表明：（1）专门致力于改善撒哈拉以南非洲孤儿青少年教育成果的家庭经济强化项目的作用，以及（2）需要鼓励青少年参与青年团体，因为这些团体似乎为青少年取得积极成果提供了急需的支持性非正式制度结构。
