TY - UNPB
T1 - Socioeconomic status, school absenteeism, and academic achievement: A causal mediation analysis
AU - Dräger, Jascha
AU - Klein, Markus
AU - Sosu, Edward
PY - 2024/8
Y1 - 2024/8
N2 - Significant socioeconomic disparities in children's academic achievement are well established, but the underlying mechanisms are less well understood. We used causal mediation analysis and linked data from the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) and the National Pupil Database (NPD) to determine the extent to which early school absences contribute to socioeconomic achievement gaps. Depending on the achievement measure (reading, writing, math, science, and average), we found that a one standard deviation increase in socioeconomic status is associated with 0.37 to 0.43 standard deviation increases in achievement at the end of key stage 1 (year 1 and 2). School absenteeism is a significant mechanism and accounts for 6.45 to 8.10% of this gap.
AB - Significant socioeconomic disparities in children's academic achievement are well established, but the underlying mechanisms are less well understood. We used causal mediation analysis and linked data from the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) and the National Pupil Database (NPD) to determine the extent to which early school absences contribute to socioeconomic achievement gaps. Depending on the achievement measure (reading, writing, math, science, and average), we found that a one standard deviation increase in socioeconomic status is associated with 0.37 to 0.43 standard deviation increases in achievement at the end of key stage 1 (year 1 and 2). School absenteeism is a significant mechanism and accounts for 6.45 to 8.10% of this gap.
KW - school absence
KW - achievement gap
KW - socioeconomic status
KW - mediation
UR - https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=8481
U2 - 10.31235/osf.io/w4bdc
DO - 10.31235/osf.io/w4bdc
M3 - Working Paper/Preprint
BT - Socioeconomic status, school absenteeism, and academic achievement: A causal mediation analysis
ER -