School belonging at age 15 predicts lower likelihood of NEET status at ages 16-20 controlling for demographics, achievement, and school context¶
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q3 i? Higher school belonging at age 15 is associated with lower odds of being NEET at ages 16-20 (OR = 0.84 per SD). → Philip Parker 2021
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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
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Multilevel logistic regression of NEET status (waves 2-5) on age-15 school belonging in two LSAY cohorts; Table 3 reports School Belonging (SD Units) odds ratio 0.84 [0.81, 0.87], described as a "significant and strong protective influence".
"Notwithstanding a number of strong predictors of NEET status, our results show that school belonging at age 15 had a significant and strong protective influence. Participants who felt like they belonged at school at age 15 were less likely to be NEET from ages 16 to 20."
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
- The belonging-NEET association does not vary by achievement, gender, SES, place, Indigenous/immigrant status, or cohort — related
- The 2015 cohort was more likely to be NEET than the 2003 cohort, consistent with labor-market conditions — related
- High-school graduation does not explain the link between school belonging and NEET status — related
- Indigenous youth and low-achieving, low-SES youth are at elevated NEET risk; school-average SES is protective — related
- Demographics predict school belonging: girls, urban youth, immigrants, and high-SES youth report higher belonging, while achievement is trivially related — related
- Perceived school belonging predicts on-time high school completion more strongly for students with chronic medical conditions than for healthy peers — related
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School belonging at age 15 predicts lower likelihood of NEET status at ages 16-20 controlling for demographics, achievement, and school context |
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School belonging at age 15 predicts lower likelihood of NEET status at ages 16-20 controlling for demographics, achievement, and school context |
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