Factors Affecting School Participation in Turkey: An Analysis of Regional Differences

There are thousands of children who remain out of school at both primary and secondary levels in Turkey. The current disparities in access to education in Turkey are mostly driven by systematic regional differences and high gender inequalities. Although several existing studies have paid close atten...

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Published inCompare Vol. 46; no. 6; pp. 929 - 951
Main Authors Gumus, Sedat, Chudgar, Amita
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Routledge 01.11.2016
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Access
Access to Education
Attitudes
Cultural Differences
Education policy
Educational Attainment
Educational inequality
Elementary Secondary Education
Equal Education
Foreign Countries
Gender
Gender Bias
Gender inequality
Geographic Location
Language Skills
Parent Background
Participation
Poverty
Public policy
Regional Characteristics
Regional differences
Regions
Regression (Statistics)
Sex Role
Socioeconomic Influences
Statistical Analysis
Surveys
Turkey
Turkish
Turkey
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Summary:There are thousands of children who remain out of school at both primary and secondary levels in Turkey. The current disparities in access to education in Turkey are mostly driven by systematic regional differences and high gender inequalities. Although several existing studies have paid close attention to gender-based inequities in school access, none of the existing studies have attempted to systematically understand regional differences in schooling. This study therefore intends to address this gap in the literature. Results of the study indicated several key factors, such as gender, household poverty and gender role attitudes, that contributes to the regional inequalities in access to education in Turkey. Based on these findings, suggestions for policy makers and future research were made.
ISSN:0305-7925
1469-3623
DOI:10.1080/03057925.2015.1095073