The Link Between Contextual Poverty and Academic Achievement: Evidence Using Panel Data From a Lower-Middle-Income Country.

ABSTRACT: The association between contextual poverty and educational achievement is not well-researched in lower-income countries. This paper investigates this link and examines how it varies between urban and rural school locations in Bangladesh, acknowledging the dual urban-rural dynamics of the country. Analyses based on original school-level longitudinal data, encompassing over 90 per cent of secondary schools in Bangladesh, demonstrate that subdistrict-level educational poverty (measured as the proportion of adults with education below the primary level) has a stronger and significantly negative association with achievement at the secondary level compared to economic poverty (measured as the percentage of people under the national poverty line). This negative association is starker for the 'sci

SUBMITTER: Hossain M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12412087 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature