Truancy

Prevalence and correlates of truancy among adolescents in Swaziland: findings from the Global School-Based Health Survey

BACKGROUND Educational attainment is an important determinant of diverse health outcomes. Truancy among adolescents jeopardizes chances of achieving their educational goals. Truant behaviors are also associated with various psychosocial problems. There is however limited data on the prevalence and factors associated with truancy among adolescents in Africa. METHODS We used data from the Swazi...

Truancy and injury-related mortality.

Truancy has well-documented short-term and long-term consequences, but there are few studies that look at its impact on injury-related mortality. This study evaluated the rate of injury-related mortality for 2006-2010 among youth (11-17 years old) with a history of severe truancy compared with youth without such history. There were 168 injury-related deaths (51 homicide, 29 suicide and 88 unint...

Ready for Life — An evaluation: Factors relating to truancy and promising practices

Acting Up or Opting Out? Truancy in Irish Secondary Schools

This paper explores the way in which truancy levels are structured by individual social class and the social mix of the school within the Republic of Ireland. Drawing on a national survey of young people, truancy levels are found to be higher among working-class and Traveller students. Truancy is more prevalent in predominantly working-class schools, mainly because young people see them as less...

Frequency of truancy at high school: evidence for genetic and twin specific shared environmental influences.

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the relative influence of genetic and environmental factors on variation in truancy during high school. We examined the significance of genetic and shared and nonshared environmental influences. In addition, we tested for the presence of environmental factors specifically shared by twins, but not by their siblings. METHODS A threshold model was...

Truancy and teenage pregnancy in English adolescent girls: can we identify those at risk?

BACKGROUND Truancy has been linked to risky sexual behaviours in teenagers. However, no studies in England have examined the association between truancy and teenage pregnancy, and the use of truancy as a marker of teenagers at risk of pregnancy. METHODS Using logistic regression, we investigated the association between truancy at age 15 and the likelihood of teenage pregnancy by age 19 among ...