Can Neighbor Attributes Predict School Absences?. (March 2014)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Can Neighbor Attributes Predict School Absences?. (March 2014)
- Main Title:
- Can Neighbor Attributes Predict School Absences?
- Authors:
- Gottfried, Michael A.
- Abstract:
- Recent evidence suggests that the neighborhood context, particularly for urban youth, can influence a range of outcomes. This study makes contributions to the field by examining how the neighborhood context directly relates to missing school. To do so, this study employs a large-scale, longitudinal data set of multilevel observations for entire elementary- and middle-school student cohorts in an urban district over 8 academic years. By linking urban school district administrative data with U.S. Census data, this study provides unique insight into how the characteristics of the neighbors on a student's residential block (determined by his or her exact home address) predict school absences. The results indicate significant relationships between school absences and multiple categories of neighbor attributes, as delineated across measures of poverty, family structure, homeownership status, and race. These results are also distinguishable based on student gender, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.
- Is Part Of:
- Urban education. Volume 49:Number 2(2014:Mar.)
- Journal:
- Urban education
- Issue:
- Volume 49:Number 2(2014:Mar.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 49, Issue 2 (2014)
- Year:
- 2014
- Volume:
- 49
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2014-0049-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 216
- Page End:
- 250
- Publication Date:
- 2014-03
- Subjects:
- elementary school -- programs -- middle school -- programs -- poverty -- social -- urban -- social
Education, Urban -- Periodicals
Enseignement en milieu urbain -- Périodiques
Éducation
Milieu urbain
Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme)
Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme)
370.91732 - Journal URLs:
- http://uex.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.sagepublications.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/0042085913475634 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0042-0859
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- Legaldeposit
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