Poverty plays a role in gender disparity in education: parents will often show a preference for sending boys to school, or girls who begin school are forced to drop out to work, get married or care for other siblings.
贫困是男女受教育情况不均衡的原因之一：父母往往倾向于让男孩上学，或者，已开始上学的女孩被迫辍学去工作，结婚或照顾弟弟妹妹。