Predicting secondary school dropout among South African adolescents: A survival analysis approach

Education is one of the strongest predictors of health worldwide. In South Africa, school dropout is a crisis where by Grade 12, only 52% of the age appropriate population remain enrolled. Survival analysis was used to identify the risk of dropping out of secondary school for male and female adolesc...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth H. Weybright, Linda L. Caldwell, Hui (Jimmy) Xie, Lisa Wegner, Edward A. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Education Association of South Africa 2017-05-01
Series:South African Journal of Education
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Online Access:http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/article/view/1353/702