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ERIC Number: EJ1189784
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Oct
Pages: 33
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0272-4316
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Patterns of Multisystem Service Use and School Dropout among Seventh-, Eighth-, and Ninth-Grade Students
Garcia, Antonio R.; Metraux, Stephen; Chen, Chin-Chih; Park, Jung Min; Culhane, Dennis P.; Furstenberg, Frank F.
Journal of Early Adolescence, v38 n8 p1041-1073 Oct 2018
Youth who receive services from public mental health, child welfare and delinquency, and homeless systems are often exposed to a number of overlapping child, family, school, and community risk factors. Minimal research, however, has focused on the extent to which single- or multiple-system involvement influences school dropout. Relying on an integrated data set, the associations between single- and multiple-system utilization and risk for dropping out, or actually dropping out of school, among youth in Grades 7 through 9 were examined. Results showed dropout rates more than doubled among public youth system users compared with those in the overall sample. With a few exceptions, use of combinations of services systems translated into somewhat higher likelihoods of dropping out of school when compared with single-system use. Future research is warranted to identify the underlying processes by which single- and multiple-system involvement influences school dropout rates.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 7
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
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