1. Peer relations and dropout behavior: Evidence from junior high school students in northwest rural China
- Author
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Shen Gao, Xiaohong Wang, Wenbin Min, Meredith Yang, and Scott Rozelle
- Subjects
Sociology and Political Science ,05 social sciences ,050301 education ,Human factors and ergonomics ,Poison control ,Development ,Suicide prevention ,Occupational safety and health ,Education ,0502 economics and business ,Injury prevention ,Mathematics education ,050207 economics ,China ,Psychology ,0503 education ,Dropout (neural networks) ,Student dropout - Abstract
A startling number of students drop out from junior high school in rural China every year. Little is known about the social aspect of the dropout process in rural China. The goal of this paper is to examine the relationship between student peer relations and dropout behavior in rural China’s junior high schools. Covering 4596 students in 38 schools, our study finds that 6.9 percent of grade 7 students did not finish school, along with 12.3 percent of grade 8 students. Using a “push out and pull out” framework to understand peer relations, results suggest that both push out and pull out factors are strongly associated with student dropout.
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- 2019