Indigenous youth and low-achieving, low-SES youth are at elevated NEET risk; school-average SES is protective¶

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

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Indigenous participants were almost two times more likely to be NEET (OR = 1.80); high achievement, SES, and school-average SES were protective. → 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

Multilevel logistic model (Table 3): Indigenous OR = 1.80 [1.55, 2.08], Achievement OR = 0.67, SES OR = 0.83, School Average SES OR = 0.64, School Average Achievement OR = 1.19. School-average achievement's positive coefficient was attributed to multicollinearity with school-average SES (r = 0.718).

"High-levels of achievement and SES, and being female were all associated with a lower likelihood of being NEET, while Indigenous participants were almost two times more likely to be NEET than non-Indigenous participants."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Race and Ethnicity — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause
• Socioeconomic Status — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

Related Claims¶

• The belonging-NEET association does not vary by achievement, gender, SES, place, Indigenous/immigrant status, or cohort — related
• High-school graduation does not explain the link between school belonging and NEET status — related
• Demographics predict school belonging: girls, urban youth, immigrants, and high-SES youth report higher belonging, while achievement is trivially related — related
• School belonging at age 15 predicts lower likelihood of NEET status at ages 16-20 controlling for demographics, achievement, and school context — related
• The 2015 cohort was more likely to be NEET than the 2003 cohort, consistent with labor-market conditions — related