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In Brazil, the chance of a son repeating his father’s low level of schooling is double that of the USA
The chance that a child will repeat their family's low level of schooling in Brazil is twice as likely as that in the United States.
On average, almost 6 out of 10 Brazilians (58.3%) whose parents did not finish High School in 2014 – the last year for which data are available – also stopped studying before completing this same cycle.
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