Journal of Youth and Adolescence, show that young adults who had missed a lot of school in childhood were less likely to vote and were experiencing greater economic hardship (such as difficulty paying bills) and poorer educational outcomes.The study suggests that early school absenteeism should be taken more seriously, said Dr.
Arya Ansari, lead author of the study and assistant professor of human sciences at Ohio State University.“We believe disengagement may be one of the key mechanisms linking early school absences to poorer outcomes in early adulthood,” said Ansari, who is also a researcher at Ohio State’s Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy.“There’s this misconception, especially among parents, that it doesn’t matter.
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