Fig. 1.

English oral reading skills by baseline school enrollment status. The figure presents the measurement of literacy skills that occurred most closely to the time of school leaving, stratified by school enrollment status at the first round of data collection. That is, for girls who were out of school at the first round of data collection (baseline), the figure reflects literacy at that point; for girls who were in school at the first round of data collection and dropped out during follow-up, the figure reflects literacy assessment conducted in the first round after they left school. The dotted line represents the transition from primary to secondary school. Only six girls in the AGEP urban sample and 12 girls in the AGEP rural sample were enrolled in school at baseline and then dropped out immediately after completing grade 5.