Predictors of Authorised and Unauthorised Absence of Secondary School Pupils in Scotland

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Analysis reveals significant factors impacting absenteeism among pupils, highlighting inequalities and predictors of school absence.

Increased absenteeism connects with eligibility for free school meals, suggesting economic factors play a critical role.
Pupils eligible for free school meals are twice as likely to be persistently absent compared to their peers without this eligibility.
Multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression was used to examine predictors of school absenteeism among secondary school pupils across Scotland.
Findings emphasize the need for structural recognition of factors driving both authorised and unauthorised absences to tackle absenteeism.

Treanor et al. (2025) studied this question.

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