Ravi Prakash|Tara Beattie|Prakash Javalkar|Parinita Bhattacharjee|Satyanarayana Ramanaik|Raghavendra Thalinja|Srikanta Murthy|Calum Davey|James Blanchard|Charlotte Watts|Martine Collumbien|Stephen Moses|Lori Heise|Shajy Isac
Correlates of school dropout and absenteeism among adolescent girls from marginalized community in north Karnataka, south India
Karnataka Health Promotion Trust|London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|Karnataka Health Promotion Trust|Karnataka Health Promotion Trust|University of Manitoba|Karnataka Health Promotion Trust|Karnataka Health Promotion Trust|Karnataka Health Promotion Trust|London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|University of Manitoba|London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|University of Manitoba|London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|Karnataka Health Promotion Trust|University of Manitoba
abstract secondary education among lower caste adolescent girls living rural karnataka south india characterized high rates school dropout absenteeism crosssectional baseline survey n2275 conducted 2014 part clusterrandomized control trial among adolescent girls 1314 year families marginalized communities two districts north karnataka bivariate multivariate logistic regression models used overall 87 girls reported secondary school dropout 81 reported frequent absenteeism past month adjusted analyses economic factors household poverty girls workrelated migration social norms practices child marriage value girls education schoolrelated factors poor learning environment bullyingharassment school associated increased odds school dropout absenteeism interventions aiming increase secondary school retention among marginalized girls may require multilevel approach synergistic components address social structural economic determinants school absenteeism dropout