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feelings of responsibility for the future of the country). As shown in Table 10, young people in all three sites focus most consistently on the risks to economic and other development and on the risk of increased youth outmigration, but differ on their emphasis of other potential dangers. For example, youth in Kosovo and Tajikistan show relatively little belief in the power of poor quality education to increase youth disappointment with government or the likelihood of a return to armed conflict, while youth in Georgia more often see these impacts as real possibilities. Youth in Kosovo and Tajikistan name the same three possible negative consequences of poor education quality most frequently, but not in the same order. Youth in Tajikistan feel most strongly that poor education quality will lead to increased youth outmigration, while youth in Kosovo most frequently feel it will contribute to a weaker economy and poor development outcomes. Impacts on health are also among the most frequently cited in these two cases. Youth in Georgia, on the other hand, name weaker economic and development outcomes first, increased outmigration second, but feel third most strongly that poor quality education leads to decreased interest in secondary school. Rural youth and males in Kosovo are more likely than urban youth and females, respectively, to say that poor quality education supports increased outmigration of youth, with more than 10 percentage points difference separating them in each case. Youth in the Republic of Serbia education system are also much more likely to say that outmigration is a risk of poor quality education compared with youth in the Kosovo education system, with 24 percentage points between them. It may be that rural youth, male youth and youth in the Republic of Serbia education system are thus more likely than other youth to seek to migrate outside of Kosovo in search of better education. Table 10. What are the consequences of failing to provide good quality education to youth in Kosovo/ Georgia/Tajikistan? Percentages of youth answering “yes” (by all) Poor quality education impact
Kosovo
Georgia
Tajikistan
Increased outmigration of youth from Tajikistan
N/A
N/A
58.9
Weaker economy and poor development outcomes
69.4
70.0
35.0
Poor health outcomes
56.3
38.2
N/A
Poor health practices and lower health service use
N/A
N/A
31.6
Increased outmigration of youth
50.9
57.9
N/A
Poor youth self-esteem
35.6
48.1
24.3
Youth do not feel valued in society, and society does not value youth
N/A
N/A
23.5
Youth feel less responsibility for the future of Tajikistan society
N/A
N/A
21.6
Decreased demand for secondary school
33.5
49.6
29.4
Increased youth grievances and disappointment with government
22.1
46.9
16.4
Deeper problems for female, ethnic minority, disabled and other youth groups
20.5
40.0
18.3
I don’t know
9.4
7.5
12.0
Increased likelihood of return to conflict
3.3
49.2
13.4
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