There are places in the world where it takes great effort and personal sacrifice to complete elementary school.
Inclusion criteria for both groups were to be at least 18 years of age, to work in business hours, and to have at least complete elementary school.
Mean age of men was 32.23 years (SD = 7.58 years), and the majority was single (n = 26; 40.6%), with incomplete or complete elementary school (n = 38; 58.5%) and belonged to the lower class (n = 37, 58.7%).
The majority of the participants' mothers did not complete elementary school (56.2%) and 24.4% had high school or more.
Nearly half of the students (39.0%) were the children of mothers who did not complete elementary school.
The level of maternal educational attainment was assessed by the question, "What is your mother's educational level?" and the answers grouped into four categories: high school or more (≥11 years of school), complete elementary school (≥8 and <11 years of school); did not finish elementary school (<8 years of school); and never attended school.
The educational level of French women strongly increased during the study period (Table 1): the proportion of women who completed high school or higher education increased from 6.5 to 18.2%, while the proportion of those who did not complete elementary school was halved.
In line with the mandate of the Red Cross, this programme represents support to the public system to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable children in relation to their inclusion into the education system and motivation to complete elementary school.
She completed elementary school, something unusual for girls at that time, and worked at an inn owned by a relative.
An estimated thirty per cent of rural Turkish women haven't completed elementary school, and forty-seven per cent have been beaten or raped by their husbands.
