Education of Disadvantaged Children in OIC:
The Key to Escape from Poverty
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language: Non-
Turkish
-0.023 -0.020 -0.082*** -
0.046**
*
-0.063*** -0.017** -0.199*** -
0.059**
*
(0.014) (0.015) (0.021) (0.015) (0.017) (0.007) (0.049) (0.020)
gender: Female
-0.014 0.015** -0.119*** -
0.038**
*
-0.039*** -0.009** -0.262*** -
0.059**
*
(0.011) (0.008) (0.015) (0.009) (0.010) (0.004) (0.029) (0.013)
Observations 5,271 4,292 3,177 2,860 3,179 2,862 1,856 1,457
Note: Authors’ calculations using DHS 2003 and DHS 2013. Marginal effects are reported, obtained using “dprobit”
command in STATA. Robust standard errors in parentheses. *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1. Omitted groups are:
location: Urban, region: West, household head’s education: Higher education, number of children in household: 1-2
children, wealth: Richest, language: Turkish, gender: Male.
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Marginal effect is
significant at least at
p<0.1 and the effect is
larger than or equal to 5.0
percent and smaller than
10.0 percent.
Marginal effect is significant
at least at p<0.1 and the
effect is larger than or equal
to 10.0 percent and smaller
than 20.0 percent.
Marginal effect is significant at
least at p<0.1 and the effect is
larger than or equal to 20.0
percent.