Education of Disadvantaged Children in OIC:
The Key to Escape from Poverty
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Finishing 5 years of education for 12-15 year olds
In 2013, none of the circumstances have a significantly large effect on finishing 5 years of
education.
 Living in rural areas do not have any significant marginal effect on finishing 5 years of
education.
 In 2003 only living in the East region (compared to living in the West) used to have a
significant negative marginal effect on finishing 5 years of education. By 2013 this
effect decreased down to 2 percent and none of the other regions have a significant
marginal effect.
 Living in a household with a household head that has no education (compared to a
household head with higher education) used to decrease the likelihood of finishing 5
years of education in 2003 but by 2013 this significant effect disappeared.
 Number of children in the household that are more than 2 used to decrease the
chances of finishing 5 years of education for children in 2003 but this is not the case
anymore in 2013.
 Living in the 1st quintile used to decrease the likelihood of finishing 5 years of
education in 2003 by 12.6 percent, this significant negative effect disappeared in 2013.
In 2013, living in a household other than the richest households (households in the 5th
quintile) does not have any marginal negative effect on finishing 5 years of education.
 Speaking a language different than Turkish in the household decreased the likelihood
of finishing 5 years of education by 6.3 percent in 2003 and this rate decreased to 1.7
percent by 2013.
 Being a girl already had a very small negative marginal effect in 2003 with 3.9 percent
and in 2013 it is almost zero.
Finishing 8 years of education for 16-18 year olds
Negative marginal effect of circumstances on finishing 8 years of education decreased greatly
from 2003 to 2013. However poverty, language, gender and household head’s education
continues to have an effect.
 Living in rural areas did not have any significant effect on finishing 8 years of
education in 2003 and the marginal effect is small but positive in 2013 with 3.1
percent.
 Children living in the West region are not more advantaged compared to children
living in other regions with respect to finishing 8 years of education but in fact children
living in regions Central and North are slightly more better off.
 Living in a household with a household head who has primary education or secondary
education (compared to a household head with higher education degree) used to
decrease the likelihood of finishing 8 years of education in 2003, but the significance of
these circumstances disappeared in 2013. Yet children living in households with a