Education of Disadvantaged Children in OIC:
The Key to Escape from Poverty
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Annex Table 4: Probit regression results (reporting marginal effects)
Attendance 6-11 year olds Attendance 12-15
year olds
Finishing 5 years of
education
(12-15 year olds)
Finishing 8 years of
education
(16-18 year olds)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
VARIABLES 2003 2013 2003 2013 2003 2013 2003 2013
location: Rural 0.013 0.029*** -0.027 0.004 0.019 -0.005 -0.039 0.031*
(0.011) (0.009) (0.018) (0.011) (0.013) (0.007) (0.037) (0.016)
region: South -0.033* -0.016 0.030 0.007 -0.008 -0.022 0.132*** 0.016
(0.019) (0.016) (0.019) (0.014) (0.022) (0.017) (0.043) (0.024)
region: Central
-0.066*** -0.007 0.038 0.016 0.017 -0.009 0.151*** 0.044**
*
(0.020) (0.015) (0.025) (0.014) (0.021) (0.015) (0.045) (0.016)
region: North
-0.041 0.027** 0.036 0.032**
*
0.007 -0.006 0.105* 0.042**
*
(0.025) (0.013) (0.025) (0.012) (0.026) (0.015) (0.057) (0.016)
region: East -0.095*** 0.005 0.018 0.003 -0.072*** -0.020* 0.092** 0.012
(0.018) (0.015) (0.020) (0.014) (0.024) (0.012) (0.046) (0.025)
household head’s
education: No
education
-0.040 -0.017 -0.372*** -0.005 -0.104* -0.006 -0.513*** -0.204*
(0.036) (0.024) (0.095) (0.029) (0.053) (0.017) (0.087) (0.107)
household head’s
education: Primary
education
-0.001 -0.006 -0.212*** -0.003 -0.035 0.014 -0.353*** -0.076*
(0.027) (0.017) (0.047) (0.025) (0.030) (0.013) (0.078) (0.041)
household head’s
education:
Secondary
education
0.028 -0.012 -0.177** 0.012 0.017 0.012 -0.201** -0.074
(0.025) (0.017) (0.071) (0.023) (0.029) (0.010) (0.100) (0.064)
# of children in
household: 3-4
-0.003 -0.007 0.005 0.019** -0.034** 0.004 -0.173*** -0.024
(0.012) (0.010) (0.017) (0.009) (0.014) (0.005) (0.037) (0.019)
# of children in
household: 5 or
more
-0.050*** -0.050** -0.038* 0.013 -0.094*** -0.006 -0.213*** -0.020
(0.016) (0.021) (0.021) (0.011) (0.022) (0.008) (0.051) (0.023)
wealth: Poorest
-0.075*** -0.056** -0.279*** -
0.185**
*
-0.126*** -0.028 -0.399*** -
0.260**
*
(0.026) (0.025) (0.058) (0.056) (0.039) (0.022) (0.065) (0.094)
wealth: Poorer -0.032 -0.013 -0.178*** -0.107** -0.032 -0.027 -0.323*** -0.152*
(0.022) (0.021) (0.050) (0.050) (0.027) (0.024) (0.062) (0.087)
wealth: Middle 0.000 -0.012 -0.119** -0.083* -0.003 -0.010 -0.222*** -0.105
(0.020) (0.021) (0.047) (0.049) (0.022) (0.020) (0.067) (0.085)
wealth: Richer -0.024 -0.017 -0.096** -0.046 0.012 -0.008 -0.219*** -0.165
(0.021) (0.020) (0.046) (0.042) (0.022) (0.018) (0.068) (0.101)