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effects disappeared in 2013. And for living in North region (compared to living in the
West) there is a small positive effect with 2.7 percent.
 Living in a household with a household head that has education other than higher
education did not have any significant marginal effect on school attendance either in
2003 or in 2013.
 5 or more children in the household (compared to 1-2 children in the household)
decreases the likelihood of school attendance in both years.
 Living in a household in the 1 st quintile continues to decrease the likelihood of school
attendance. The negative marginal effect was 7.5 percent in 2003 and 5.6 percent in
2013.
 Speaking a language different than Turkish in the household did not use to affect
attendance in 2003 and there is small negative marginal effect in 2013 with 2 percent.
 Being a girl does not have a significant negative effect on school attendance. Marginal
effect is very small and positive in 2013 with 1.5 percent.
Attendance in school for 12-15 year olds
As of 2013, only poverty continues to have a negative marginal effect on attendance for 12-15
year olds that is greater than 5 percent. Marginal effects of all other circumstances are either
insignificant or close to zero.
 Living in rural areas used to have a very small negative marginal effect on school
attendance of children aged 12-15 years old in 2003 while this effect was not
significant in 2013.
 Children aged 12-15 years old living in regions other than the West are not at a
disadvantage in attendance in school.
 Significant negative marginal effect of household head’s education that is lower than
higher education on school attendance in 2003 disappeared in 2013.
 Number of children in the household do not have a significantly large impact on school
attendance.
 Living in households in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd quintile continue to have a significant and
negative marginal effect on attendance. Bu the negative marginal effects decreased
from 2003 to 2013 and the significant negative effect disappeared for the households
in the 4th quintile.
 Negative marginal effect of speaking a language different than Turkish in the
household decreased from 2003 to 2013 (from 8.2 percent to 4.2 percent).
 Being a girl still has a small but negative and significant marginal effect on school
attendance for 12-15 year olds with 3.8 percent. But the marginal effect decreased
considerably from 2003 to 2013.