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More children are out of school in poor countries

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The rate and number of out-of-school children are strongly correlated with national income: in poorer countries, more children are out of school than in wealthier countries. The World Bank classifies all countries according to their gross national income (GNI) per capita ( World Bank, 2017 ). The map in Figure 1 shows the distribution of countries by income level according to the July 2016 classification. Low-income countries with the lowest per-capita income are concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa. Figure 1 Data source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics Figure 2 shows that the out-of-school rate decreases with increasing national income. Low-income countries have, on average, the highest out-of-school rates, according to estimates by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics . 19% of all children of primary school age (about 6 to 11 years) are out of school in low-income countries, compared to only 3% in high-income countries. Among adolescents of lower secondary school age (about 12 to 14...
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Updated programs and guide to integrating Stata and external text editors

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The rundo and rundolines programs for integrating Stata with an external text editor were updated to version 5.1. The programs are compatible with Stata 15, released in June 2017, and Stata 14, released in April 2015. Users of older versions of Stata can install rundo and rundolines version 4.1. The user guide for the rundo and rundolines programs was also revised. Stata/SE 15.0 program window External links Stata (official site) Related articles Guide to integrating Stata and external text editors Guide to creating maps with Stata Friedrich Huebler, 28 June 2017, Creative Commons License Permanent URL: http://huebler.blogspot.com/2017/06/stata.html
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New UIS data on educational attainment and mean years of schooling

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How do the world's countries compare in terms of the population's educational attainment? This question can be answered with new data by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), released in February 2016 . The UIS Data Centre lists data for three indicators: Highest completed level of education of the population 25 years and older ( table in UIS Data Centre ) Minimum completed level of education of the population 25 years and older ( table in UIS Data Centre ) Mean years of education of the population 25 years and older ( table in UIS Data Centre ) All three indicators are available for the total, male and female population. The first two indicators are presented for the levels of education defined in the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED): Primary education (ISCED 1) Lower secondary education (ISCED 2) Upper secondary education (ISCED 3) Post-secondary non-tertiary education (ISCED 4) Short-cycle tertiary education (ISCED 5) Bachelor's degre...
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Regional distribution of children in and out of school

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In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals . Goal 4 calls for "inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all". The first of the 10 targets within SDG 4 is: "By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes". The SDGs are the successor to the Millennium Development Goals that were adopted by the United Nations in 2000 and called, among other things, for universal primary education by 2015. Data by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) show that the education MDG has not been met. 124 million children of primary and lower secondary school age were still out of school in 2013 , the latest year for which reliable estimates are available. Among children of primary school age, the global out-of-school rate was 9%. Among adolescents of lower secondary sch...
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124 million out-of-school children in 2013

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New estimates by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) show that approximately 124 million children and adolescents were out of school in 2013. Of this number, 59 million were of primary school age and 65 million were of lower secondary school age. The entrance ages and durations of primary and lower secondary education vary between countries, but primary school age is typically 6-11 years and lower secondary school age is typically 12-15 years. The estimate for 2013 represents a decrease by 72 million from 2000, when about 196 million children and adolescents were out of school (see Figure 1). Most of this decrease occurred between 2000 and 2007 but since 2007 there has been hardly any progress in reducing the global out-of-school population. In the most recent period there was even a slight increase in the number of out-of-school children and adolescents. Figure 1: Global number of out-of-school children, 2000-2013 Data source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics The primary and...
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Unicode version of programs to integrate Stata and external text editors

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I am pleased to announce a new version of the rundo and rundolines programs for integrating Stata with an external text editor. Version 5.0 of rundo and rundolines supports Unicode and is fully compatible with Stata 14 , released in April 2015. Support for Unicode was one of the new features of Stata 14. The user guide for the rundo and rundolines programs has also been revised. With this announcement I am withdrawing version 4.2 of rundo and rundolines, which I had released in April 2015. Version 4.2 could be used with Stata 14 but did not support Unicode. Users of Stata 14 should install rundo or rundolines version 5.0. Users of Stata 13.1 and older versions of Stata should install rundo or rundolines version 4.1 from December 2013. All versions are available on the page dedicated to rundo and rundolines . Stata/SE 14.0 program window External links Stata (official site) Unicode (Wikipedia) Unicode support in Stata 14 Related articles Guide to integrating Stata and extern...
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Mean years of schooling in Nepal

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On 25 April 2015, Nepal was struck by a severe earthquake that killed more than 8,800 people. Nepal is one of the world's poorest countries, with a gross national income (GNI) per capita of US$730 in 2013, similar to Afghanistan and Burkina Faso. Of 187 countries on the Human Development Index (HDI) 2014, Nepal was at position 145. The rank of Nepal on the HDI is partly determined by the low level of education of its population. According to the Human Development Report 2014 , the population 25 years and older of Nepal had on average 3.2 years of schooling in 2012. This article takes a closer look at the level of education of the population of Nepal, based on an analysis of data from a 2011 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). The DHS collected information on the highest grade of school completed for all household members 3 years and older, which can be used to calculate the years of schooling of individuals and the average years of schooling of the entire population or spec...
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