Razlozi i odrednice ranog napuštanja školovanja
Reasons and Determinants of Early School Dropout

Summary/Abstract: In order to obtain an insight into the problems that lead to early school dropout, a large-scale qualitative and quantitative research was conducted, by means of focus groups and surveys, on representative samples of high school students, their teachers and parents, and young people who dropped out of school. The data revealed that most frequent reasons of school dropout include low academic achievement, lack of motivation, discipline issues, and financial problems. Other reasons, like early employment and inability to balance school and work, or specific ones like illness, pregnancy or marriage were cited less frequently. Regression analysis additionally confirmed such results, indicating low school grades, grade retention, low socioeconomic status and low level of mother’s education to be the strongest predictors of early school dropout. Cluster analysis identified three types of school dropouts which differed in regards to their school achievement, family sociodemographic characteristics, and reasons for leaving school. The necessity to acknowledge the diversity of school dropout was pointed out, especially in development and adoption of prevention programs and help strategies.

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