Predicting secondary school dropout among South African adolescents: A survival analysis approach

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dc.contributor.authorWeybright, Elizabeth H.
dc.contributor.authorCaldwell, Linda L.
dc.contributor.authorXie, Hui Jimmy
dc.contributor.authorWegner, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Edward A.
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-31T09:34:06Z
dc.date.available2018-08-31T09:34:06Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractEducation is one of the strongest predictors of health worldwide. In South Africa, school dropout is a crisis where by Grade 12, only 52% of the age appropriate population remain enrolled. Survival analysis was used to identify the risk of dropping out of secondary school for male and female adolescents and examine the influence of substance use and leisure experience predictors while controlling for demographic and known predictors using secondary, longitudinal data. Results indicated being male, not living with one’s mother, smoking cigarettes in the past month, and lower levels of leisure-related intrinsic motivation significantly predicted dropout. Results support comprehensive prevention programmes that target risk behaviour and leisure.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWeybright, E.H. et al. (2017). Predicting secondary school dropout among South African adolescents: A survival analysis approach. South African Journal of Education, 37(2): Art. # 1353en_US
dc.identifier.issn0256-0100
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.15700/saje.v37n2a1353
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3984
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherEducation Association of South Africaen_US
dc.rightsThe South African Journal of Education is an Open Access journal which means that all articles are available on the internet to all users immediately after publication. Non-commercial use and distribution in any medium is permitted, provided the author and the journal are properly credited.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectAdolescenceen_US
dc.subjectLeisure motivationen_US
dc.subjectSchool dropouten_US
dc.subjectSubstance useen_US
dc.titlePredicting secondary school dropout among South African adolescents: A survival analysis approachen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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