Individual, family and school characteristics of dropouts according to their age
This study examines the characteristics of students who dropped out of school according to their age. Thus, we seek (1) to compare the typologies of dropouts aged from 14 to 17 with nonparametric analyses and (2) to determine the probabilities of dropping out depending on student characteristics at different ages, with binary logistic regressions. The results of our analysis indicate that the probabilities of dropping out are associated to student behavior for the younger dropouts, and with a set of school factors for older students. Thus, our study demonstrates the importance of age in the dropout process.