%0 Journal Article
%T Factors Affecting the Enrolment Rate of Students in Higher Education Institutions in the Gauteng province, South Africa
%A A Sathiya Susuman
%A Mpho Joyce Matsolo
%A Wilson C Ningpuanyeh
%J Journal of Asian and African Studies
%@ 1745-2538
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0021909616657369
%X The purpose of this research is to investigate and analyse higher education institutions¡¯ enrolment and drop-out rates within the Gauteng province, South Africa. Large-scale secondary data from the General Household Survey, obtained from Statistics South Africa (2012) were used. This study¡¯s findings show that finance, orphan-hood, transport to the higher education institutions and, to a lesser extent, unplanned pregnancies, are some of the main factors that affect the enrolment rate of students. This study hopes to be useful to policy-makers, research managers and other decision-makers within the higher education (HE) landscape
%K Finance
%K race
%K gender
%K drop-out rate
%K child labour
%K Gauteng
%K South Africa
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0021909616657369