Learners' perspectives on the prevention and management of pregnancy school dropout: a Namibian case [PDF]
Frontiers in Sociology, 2023 BackgroundNamibia has had a problem with the high rate of learner pregnancy and school dropout for many years, despite implementing education sector policy on preventing and managing learner pregnancy.
Dorthea Nanghali Etuwete Shiningayamwe +1 more
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Spatially-informed insights into early marriage and school dropout: An advanced bivariate binary multilevel model for understanding Ethiopia's context [PDF]
HeliyonThe phenomenon of school dropout, which entails the failure to meet the minimum educational requirements, and early marriage, which involves the marital union of girls prior to attaining 18 years of age, constitute crucial issues in Ethiopia.
Kassie Wubet Ebabu +3 more
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Is Adolescent Employment Still a Risk Factor for High School Dropout? [PDF]
J Res Adolesc, 2020 Past cohorts of teenagers who spent long hours in jobs were more likely to drop out of high school than those who worked moderate hours or did not work at all.
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Examining the role of civic attitudes in the link between family wealth and school dropout among tertiary vocational students [PDF]
npj Science of Learning, 2023 This study examined the relationship between family wealth and school dropout among vocational education students (n = 1,231; mean age=17.81). It investigated whether (1) family affluence and adolescents’ own perceptions and experiences of their family ...
Catrin Finkenauer +6 more
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The Relationship Between School Dropout and Pregnancy Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa: A HPTN 068 Analysis. [PDF]
Health Educ Behav, 2019 Background. Prevention of both school dropout and teen pregnancy represent clear public health priorities for South Africa, yet their complex and potentially cyclical relationship has not been fully explored. Objective.
Stoner MCD +10 more
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Risk Factors for School Absenteeism and Dropout: A Meta-Analytic Review
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2019 School absenteeism and dropout are associated with many different life-course problems. To reduce the risk for these problems it is important to gain insight into risk factors for both school absenteeism and permanent school dropout.
Jeanne Gubbels +2 more
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Predictors of High-School Dropout Among Ultraorthodox Jewish Youth [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Focusing on the unique social characteristics of closed communities, the current study examined the predictors of high-school dropout among Ultraorthodox Jewish youth, focusing on background variables [i.e., individual’s age, family’s religious group ...
Yael Itzhaki-Braun +2 more
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Determinants of High-School Dropout: A Longitudinal Study in a Deprived Area of Japan [PDF]
Journal of Epidemiology, 2018 Background: Our objective in this study was to find determinants of high-school dropout in a deprived area of Japan using longitudinal data, including socio-demographic and junior high school-period information.
Takahiro Tabuchi +3 more
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Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2011 The objectives of this systematic review were to summarize the available evidence on the effects of prevention and intervention programs aimed at primary and secondary students for increasing school completion or reducing school dropout.
Sandra Jo Wilson +4 more
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Poorer self-reported mental health and general health among first year upper secondary school students do not predict school dropout: a five-year prospective study [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionEducation is important for socioeconomic, work and health status; thus, dropping out of secondary school is of major concern. In Norway, 1 out of 5 is dropping out from upper secondary education.
Charlotte Bjørnskov Goll +6 more
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