Determinants of High-School Dropout: A Longitudinal Study in a Deprived Area of Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Our objective in this study was to find determinants of high-school dropout in a deprived area of Japan using longitudinal data, including socio-demographic and junior high school-period information.

Methods

We followed 695 students who graduated the junior high school located in a deprived area of Japan between 2002 and 2010 for 3 years after graduation (614 students: follow-up rate, 88.3%). Multivariable log-binomial regression models were used to calculate the prevalence ratios (PRs) for high-school dropout, using multiple imputation (MI) to account for non-response at follow-up.

Results

The MI model estimated that 18.7% of students dropped out of high school in approximately 3 years. In the covariates-adjusted model, three factors were significantly ass

SUBMITTER: Tabuchi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6192975 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature