Education of Disadvantaged Children in OIC:
The Key to Escape from Poverty
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ANNEX 3: TURKEY
Annex Table 3 Turkey DHS 2003 and 2013 Cross-tabulations
Attendance
in school
(6-11 year
olds)
Attendance
in school
(12-15 year
olds)
Finishing 5
years of
education
(12-15 year
olds)
Finishing 8
years of
education
(16-18 year
olds)
2003 2013 2003 2013 2003 2013 2003 2013
Urban/Rural
Location
Rural 85.1 92.1 75.8 87.6 83.7 95.4 56.9 89
Urban 89.9 92.3 86.5 94.2 89.9 98.4 73.4 93.3
Region East 78.2 90.3 71.6 87.2 70.2 94.8 48.8 84
South 89.8 90.6 84.6 92.9 89.3 97.4 71.3 94
Central 89.5 92.8 90 95.7 96.4 99.1 78.3 97.8
West 94.3 93.5 84.7 93.8 93.6 98.8 71.6 93.4
North 90.6 95.8 87.4 96.2 94.7 98.4 75.6 97.5
Household
head's
education
No education 76.8 87.8 67 86.2 67.8 93.1 41.6 77.1
Primary education 88 92.6 79.6 90.9 87.8 97.8 64 92.2
Secondary Education 93.6 92.1 94.1 95.5 96.9 98.9 87.2 96.3
Higher Education 93.2 95.2 99.3 98.7 97.3 98.5 97.2 99.8
Number of
children at
home
5 or more children 75.3 84.9 64 84.3 62.8 91.7 27.9 75.7
3-4 children 88.7 91.6 82.1 92.4 85.2 97.5 43 81.5
1-2 children 92.8 94.2 88.1 94.2 93.9 98.3 71.1 93.2
Asset quintiles Quint 1 (Poorest) 79.1 88.5 65.4 83.5 68.5 94.5 43.9 80.7
Quint 2 86.7 92.3 78.5 91.4 86.8 97.6 58.4 91.8
Quint 3 92.6 92.6 86.4 95.1 93.3 98.7 71.7 94.9
Quint 4 91.2 93.9 89.8 97 95.5 99.4 75.2 95.5
Quint 5 (Richest) 94.6 95.6 97.2 99.2 97.4 99 92.8 99.8
Language Non-Turkish 79.2 88.5 69.6 86.3 70 94.8 41.4 79.4
Turkish 91.9 94.3 88.3 95.3 94.7 99 77.3 97.1
Gender Female 87.5 93.3 75.6 90.5 85 97.2 56.5 90.2
Male 89.1 91.3 89.5 94.6 90.3 98 79.3 94.3
TOTAL TOTAL 88.3 92.3 82.7 92.5 87.7 97.6 68 92.3
Note: Authors’ calculations using DHS 2003 and 2013. Language is not the language of the child but instead the
mother tongue of women responding to the women's questionnaire. If there are more than 1 woman in the
household responding to the questionnaire the mode is taken. Hence this variable proxies the language spoken
in the household.