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Prevalence of truancy among school-going adolescents in three South Asian countries: association with potential risk and protective factors

Md. Khalid Hasana Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Helal Uddinb Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden;c Department of Sociology, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh;d Unit for Research in Emergency and Disaster, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]

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Tahmina Bintay Younosa Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Nur A Habiba Muktac Department of Sociology, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Dilara Zahida Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Table 1. Respondents’ characteristics and prevalence of school truancy of school-going adolescents in three countries of South Asia (n = 7562).

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Table 2. Male respondents’ characteristics and prevalence of school truancy of school-going adolescents in three countries of South Asia (n = 4543).

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Table 3. Female respondents’ characteristics and prevalence of school truancy of school-going adolescents in three countries of South Asia (n = 3019).

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Table 4. Associations of independent variables with 1–2 days and ≥3 days of school truancy (with 0 days as a reference category) in three countries of South Asia (n = 7562).

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Table 5. Sex differences in the associations of independent variables with 1–2 days and ≥3 days of school truancy (with 0 days of school truancy as reference category) in three countries of South Asia.

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Table A1. Description of the variables used in the study.

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Data associated with this study has been deposited at WHO and can be downloaded from https://extranet.who.int/ncdsmicrodata/index.php/catalog/GSHS.

Prevalence of truancy among school-going adolescents in three South Asian countries: association with potential risk and protective factors

Table 1. Respondents’ characteristics and prevalence of school truancy of school-going adolescents in three countries of South Asia (n = 7562).

Table 2. Male respondents’ characteristics and prevalence of school truancy of school-going adolescents in three countries of South Asia (n = 4543).

Table 3. Female respondents’ characteristics and prevalence of school truancy of school-going adolescents in three countries of South Asia (n = 3019).

Table 4. Associations of independent variables with 1–2 days and ≥3 days of school truancy (with 0 days as a reference category) in three countries of South Asia (n = 7562).

Table 5. Sex differences in the associations of independent variables with 1–2 days and ≥3 days of school truancy (with 0 days of school truancy as reference category) in three countries of South Asia.

Table A1. Description of the variables used in the study.

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Table 1. Respondents’ characteristics and prevalence of school truancy of school-going adolescents in three countries of South Asia (n = 7562).

Table 2. Male respondents’ characteristics and prevalence of school truancy of school-going adolescents in three countries of South Asia (n = 4543).

Table 3. Female respondents’ characteristics and prevalence of school truancy of school-going adolescents in three countries of South Asia (n = 3019).

Table 4. Associations of independent variables with 1–2 days and ≥3 days of school truancy (with 0 days as a reference category) in three countries of South Asia (n = 7562).

Table 5. Sex differences in the associations of independent variables with 1–2 days and ≥3 days of school truancy (with 0 days of school truancy as reference category) in three countries of South Asia.

Table A1. Description of the variables used in the study.

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