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Figure 12: Probability of being discouraged based on education

Source: Rapidminer modelling results

The model also proposes how the general personal economic conditions as well as

the local services differ based on education attainment. In this regard the model proposes

that respondents with no formal education as well as those with some primary education

are most likely to live in an area without sewage services and are bound to always have

no cash income and go without food “many times”.

The progression in living standards that education brings is apparent when

compared with the model’s proposal of respondents who have completed primary

education. While respondents with primary education are also most likely to live in an

area without sewage services, they are more likely to go hungry less often (one or twice)

and unlike their counterparts without formal education, they are likely to go without cash

income most (as opposed to all) of the time. Respondents who, at the minimum completed

secondary education, on the other hand, are most likely to live in an area with electricity

as well as piped water services and are most likely to never go without cash income or

medical care.

Using the economic analysis used in this chapter, the benefits of increased

investments in children, education and health would be a population that is sufficiently

educated and skilled to increase productivity. As seen earlier, increased productivity

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