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SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, ATTAINMENT AND BEHAVIOUR
Author(s) -
FOGELMAN K.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1978.tb02380.x
Subject(s) - allowance (engineering) , attendance , psychology , educational attainment , developmental psychology , test (biology) , demography , sociology , political science , paleontology , biology , engineering , mechanical engineering , law
S ummary . Data from the National Child Development Study are used to examine the relationship between school attendance, at the ages of 7 and 15, and reading and mathematics test scores and school behaviour at the age of 16. A relationship between attendance and attainment is found, which is reduced but remains statistically significant after allowance for related social factors. The relationship between 15‐year attendance and attainment is reasonably consistent across categories of the social factors, e.g. for different social classes. The relationship between 7‐year attendance and 16‐year attainment and behaviour is not significant once allowance for attendance at 15 is made.