Why aren’t They at School?: An Analysis of the Student Absenteeism among the High School Students

Abstract

The aim of this study is to reveal the reasons for high school students’ absenteeism. The study is designed as a survey research which is part of the quantitative research methods. The participants are 1037 high school students attending eight high school with the highest rate of absenteeism. They were selected through the cluster sampling. The data of the study were collected through the administration of the reasons for absenteeism form developed by the author. The form is consisted of the following dimensions: (i) health-related problems, (ii) environmental factors, (iii) school and school administrators related reasons, (iv) student-related reasons, (v) friends related reasons, (vi) teacher-related reasons and (vii) family-related reasons. The mean scores for each item (¯X) and standard deviation (SD) were found. The findings of the study indicate that among the reasons for the absenteeism among students, the reasons related to health problems have the highest average. The lowest average is found to be the family-related reasons.

Keywords

• Absenteeism
• reasons for the absenteeism
• high school students

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