Determinants of households expenditure on English-language education: the case of Ho Chi Minh city

Abstract

This study attempts to investigate household’s expenditure on English education for primary school children using the surveyed data from 267 randomly collected households in Ho Chi Minh City. As a result, the current payment for English education of household in Ho Chi Minh City plays an important role in total expenditure for education. It takes up 61.4% of basic education in average. Compared with household’s total income and total expenditure, it makes up 4.7% and 6.7% of total income and total expenditure, respectively. The study also found that total income, total expenditure, current payment for extra education, education level of wife and household own a house has a positive relationship with English education expenditure.