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ERIC Number: EJ500876
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0140-1971
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High-School Dropouts in a Working-Class South African Community: Selected Characteristics and Risk-Taking Behaviour.
Flisher, Alan J.; Chalton, Derek O.
Journal of Adolescence, v18 n1 p105-21 Feb 1995
Project documented characteristics of teenage school dropouts and then compared the prevalence of risk-taking behavior of dropouts with those attending school. Of the sample (n=548), 15% had dropped out. Those still attending school engaged in suicide behavior more frequently than dropouts whereas the latter abused substances more. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Risk, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior, Substance Abuse, Suicide, Working Class
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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