High-school graduation does not explain the link between school belonging and NEET status¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? School belonging remains a significant predictor of NEET after controlling for high-school graduation (OR = 0.82), so graduation is not a practically meaningful mechanism. → Philip Parker 2021

Evidence¶

Philip Parker 2021¶

Philip Parker, Kelly-Ann Allen, Rhiannon Parker, Jiesi Guo, Herbert W Marsh, Geetanjali Basarkod, and Theresa Dicke. (2021). School Belonging Predicts whether an Emerging Adult will be Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET) after School. https://www.pwc.com.au/government/government-matters/youth-unemployment.html

q3 · i? · associational · r3

Final multilevel logistic model adding high-school graduation as a covariate (Table 4): belonging OR = 0.82 [0.79, 0.85]; the coefficient "barely changed", so indirect effects via graduation were not estimated.

"While high-school graduation was indeed a strong predictor of NEET status, school belonging was still a significant predictor. Indeed, it was not even a notably weaker predictor in this model."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Belonging — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Among youth who did not complete high-school, strong school belonging is associated with five percentage points lower NEET likelihood — related
• School belonging at age 15 predicts lower likelihood of NEET status at ages 16-20 controlling for demographics, achievement, and school context — related
• Indigenous youth and low-achieving, low-SES youth are at elevated NEET risk; school-average SES is protective — related