Links Between School Absenteeism and Child Poverty

By Ming Zhang. 2003

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School absenteeism and school refusal behavior in youth: a contemporary review. (2008, background): “Although the reasons for this link are complex, family need for financial support from youths and poor parental involvement in the educational process, a topic discussed in more detail in a subsequent section, are likely contributors (Zhang, 2003).”
An Interdisciplinary Model of School Absenteeism in Youth to Inform Professional Practice and Public Policy (2008, background): “In related fashion, youths from impoverished families are much more likely to miss school than their peers (Zhang 2003).”
Causes and Structural Effects of Student Absenteeism: A Case Study of Three South African Universities (2011, background): “In support, Zhang (2003) found that out of the 137 students in the study that were described as truant, 33 of the students’ homes were categorized as poor and 74 of the students’ homes were categorised as extremely poor.”
The Kids and Teens at School (KiTeS) Framework: An Inclusive Bioecological Systems Approach to Understanding School Absenteeism and School Attendance Problems (2019, background): “These factors include housing instability (Fantuzzo et al., 2013; Deck, 2017), socio-economic status (Zhang, 2003; Balkis et al., 2016), and neighborhood characteristics such as poverty and the household size and age of neighbors (Gottfried, 2014).”