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The Key to Escape from Poverty
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being a boy are all significantly and negatively associated with finishing 5 years of education for
12-15 year olds in 2015.
 The negative correlation of living in rural areas decreased in time for only this indicator.
In 2005, children living in rural areas were 7.6 percentage points less likely to attend
school which became 5.8 percentage points by 2015.
 In 2005 living in regions Louga and Thies had no significant impact on finishing 5 years
of education for 12-15 year olds while in 2015 living in these regions decreased the
likelihood of finishing 5 years of education by 12, 8.5 and 15.2 percentage points
(compared to living in Dakar). The negative impact of living in Diourbel also increased
in the same time period.
 Living in a household with a household head that has no education or primary education
(compared to a household head with higher education degree) decreases the likelihood
of finishing school more in 2015 as opposed to 2005. But the significant negative effect
of having a household head with secondary education disappeared in 2015.
 Both in 2005 and 2015 living in a household with 5 children or more decreased the
likelihood of finishing 5 years of education. The impact was 6.3 percentage points in
2005 and 7.3 percentage points in 2015.
 Low levels of household wealth is still negatively associated with finishing 5 years of
education and the impact is more or less the same in 2005 and 2015.
 Only the ethnicity Wolof continues to have a significant negative association with
finishing 5 years of education (compared to ethnicity category “other”). Furthermore its
marginal effect is higher in 2015.
 In 2005, being a girl was negatively and significantly associated with finishing 5 years of
education, decreasing its likelihood by 4.7 percentage points. By 2015 it became
significantly and positively associated with attendance, increasing it 4.6 percentage
points. In other words boys are again at a disadvantage regarding this indicator.
Finishing 8 years of education for 16-18 year olds
Living in rural areas (as opposed living in urban areas), living in region Diourbel (as opposed to
living in Dakar), having a household head with no education (as opposed to with higher
education), living in a household with 5 children or more (as opposed to with 1 or 2 children),
living in a household with 5 or more children (as opposed to 1-2 children), living in a household
that is in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th wealth quintile (as opposed to being in the 5th – the richest-
quintile), being Wolof, Poular, Mandingue, Soninke or non-Senegalese (as opposed to being
“other”) are all significantly and negatively associated with finishing 8 years of education for 16-
18 year olds in 2015.
 The negative association with finishing 8 years of education of living in rural areas
increased over time. In 2005, children living in rural areas were 6.2 percentage points
less likely to attend school which became 8.9 percentage points by 2015.