Extreme Poverty and Education: Table 2.2 shows the strong correlation between theeducational attainment of the household head and the likelihood that the household will beextremely poor. In particular, nearly 58% of households whose head failed to complete even asingle year of school live in extreme poverty; such households include more than half (53%) ofthe total population and nearly 70% of the total number of extreme poor. Even a single year ofprimary schooling provides substantial insulation from extreme poverty, and the prevalence ofextreme poverty continues to drop substantially with each rung on the educational ladder. Hereagain, it is premature to conclude that this correlation is due entirely to the benefits of greatereducation; richer households are more willing and able to ensure that their children remain inschool longer, so at least part of the causation is running from household economic status toschooling. Nevertheless, the correlation is highly suggestive, so that further investigation of thecausal links between education, economic inclusion, and extreme poverty could be helpful.Meanwhile, preliminary inspection of patterns of schooling among male and female householdheads suggests that the lower prevalence of poverty among female-headed households is not aresult of higher educational attainment among those female household heads. On the contrary, amuch larger share of female household heads have completed no years of schooling than amongmale household heads (70% versus 50%); conversely, a much larger share of male than femalehousehold heads have attained each subsequent rung on the educational ladder. As a result, theexplanation for the lower prevalence of extreme poverty among female-headed householdsprobably lies elsewhere.
Extreme Poverty and Education: Table 2.2 shows the strong correlation between the<br>educational attainment of the household head and the likelihood that the household will be<br>extremely poor. In particular, nearly 58% of households whose head failed to complete even a<br>single year of school live in extreme poverty; such households include more than half (53%) of<br>the total population and nearly 70% of the total number of extreme poor. Even a single year of<br>primary schooling provides substantial insulation from extreme poverty, and the prevalence of<br>extreme poverty continues to drop substantially with each rung on the educational ladder. Here<br>again, it is premature to conclude that this correlation is due entirely to the benefits of greater<br>education; richer households are more willing and able to ensure that their children remain in<br>school longer, so at least part of the causation is running from household economic status to<br>schooling. Nevertheless, the correlation is highly suggestive, so that further investigation of the<br>causal links between education, economic inclusion, and extreme poverty could be helpful.<br>Meanwhile, preliminary inspection of patterns of schooling among male and female household<br>heads suggests that the lower prevalence of poverty among female-headed households is not a<br>result of higher educational attainment among those female household heads. On the contrary, a<br>much larger share of female household heads have completed no years of schooling than among<br>male household heads (70% versus 50%); conversely, a much larger share of male than female<br>household heads have attained each subsequent rung on the educational ladder. As a result, the<br>explanation for the lower prevalence of extreme poverty among female-headed households<br>probably lies elsewhere.
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