Education of Disadvantaged Children in OIC:
The Key to Escape from Poverty
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household head with no education continue to be disadvantaged in 2013 as well. These
children are 20.4 percent less likely to finish 8 years of education.
 Number of children in the household that are more than 2 used to decrease the
chances of finishing 8 years of education for children in 2003 but this is not the case
anymore and in 2013.
 For the children living in households in the 3rd and 4th quintile the negative marginal
effects disappeared from 2003 to 2013 while children living in households in the 1st or
2nd quintile were still less likely to finish 8 years of education in 2013.
 Speaking a language different than Turkish decreased the likelihood of finishing 8
years of education by 19.9 percent in 2003 and this rate decreased down to 5.9 percent
in 2013.
 Being a girl used to decrease the likelihood of finishing 8 years of education by 26.2
percent in 2003 but this rate dropped down to 5.9 percent in 2013.