Can Neighbor Attributes Predict School Absences?
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Recent evidence suggests that the neighborhood context, particularly for urban youth, can influence a range of outcomes. This study makes contributions to the field by examining how the neighborhood context directly relates to missing school. To do so, this study employs a large-scale, longitudinal data set of multilevel observations for entire elementary- and middle-school student cohorts in an urban district over 8 academic years. By linking urban school district administrative data with U.S. Census data, this study provides unique insight into how the characteristics of the neighbors on a student’s residential block (determined by his or her exact home address) predict school absences. The results indicate significant relationships between school absences and multiple categories of neighbor attributes, as delineated across measures of poverty, family structure, homeownership status, and race. These results are also distinguishable based on student gender, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.
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Absenteeism is related to neighborhood contexts independently from individual-level disadvantage.
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- Authors
- Gottfried, M. A.
- Affiliations
- Loyola Marymount University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gottfried, Michael A.
- Venue
- Urban Education
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2013-03-05
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 216-250
- ISSN
- 0042-0859 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-8340
- OpenAlex
- W2072060147
- Cited by
- 62
- References
- 84
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 7.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- correction (2014-03-27)
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Urban Education (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Social Sciences › Education › Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Social Sciences › Education › School Choice and Performance
- Keywords
- school absenteeism, neighborhood context, urban youth, poverty, family structure, homeownership, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender differences, primary and secondary school students, urban school districts
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