Poverty type, immigration background, and secondary school academic outcomes for children in British Columbia.

ABSTRACT: This study utilized a retrospective, population-based cohort of administrative records of 167,319 children who attended school in British Columbia, Canada. The outcomes of standardized English, math, and science exam scores, as well as high school graduation were examined. The associations between poverty and educational outcomes at high school were found to be complex. Children experiencing both household and neighbourhood poverty (i.e., "combined" poverty) at age 13 had significantly lower English, math, and science exam scores at grade 10, as well as having higher odds to not graduate before age 20. The effect of combined poverty was larger than household poverty only or neighbourhood poverty only for English exam scores and for graduating. However, the association between poverty with

SUBMITTER: Gill R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12413414 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature