School attendance and academic achievement : understanding variation across family socioeconomic status
Klein, Markus and Sosu, Edward M. (2023) School attendance and academic achievement : understanding variation across family socioeconomic status. Sociology of Education. pp. 1-40. ISSN 0038-0407 (https://doi.org/10.1177/00380407231191541)
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Abstract
Studies consistently show harmful effects of school absences on pupils’ achievement. However, due to an accumulation of multiple risks, school absenteeism may be more detrimental for achievement among pupils from lower socioeconomic status (SES). Using a sample of upper secondary students from the Scottish Longitudinal Study (n = 3,135), we investigated whether the association between absences (overall, sickness, and truancy) and achievement in high-stakes exams varied by family SES dimensions (parental education, class, free school meal registration, and housing). When considering overall absences and truancy, results show no statistically significant differences across SES groups. However, sickness absences were more harmful to lower rather than higher SES students' achievement. Differences between the most and least disadvantaged groups were found on all SES dimensions except for parental education.
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Item type: Article ID code: 85397 Dates: DateEvent30 August 2023Published30 August 2023Published Online30 April 2023AcceptedKeywords: SES, academic achievement, school absence, school attendance, truancy, secondary schooling, Education (General), Education, Sociology and Political Science, SDG 4 - Quality Education Subjects: Education > Education (General) Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Institute of Education > Education Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 04 May 2023 13:38 Last modified: 18 Sep 2023 01:40 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/85397