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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
neuroscience
Substance use and psychosocial predictors of high school dropout in Cape Town, South Africa
Journal of Research on Adolescence, Volume 20, No. 1, Year 2010
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Description
The aims of this study were to examine whether use of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs predicts dropout among secondary school students in Cape Town, South Africa. A self-report instrument was administered to 1,470 Grade 8 students. The proportion of students that dropped out of school between the onset of the study and 4 years later was 54.9%. After adjusting for a range of confounders, dropout was significantly predicted by absenteeism, poverty (as assessed by a possession index), and past month cigarette use, but not by past month alcohol use and lifetime illicit drug use. Contrary to findings from developed countries, alcohol and illicit drug use did not predict dropout. It is possible that predictors of dropout documented elsewhere may not be pertinent in developing countries. © 2010, Copyright the Author(s). Journal Compilation © 2010, Society for Research on Adolescence.
Authors & Co-Authors
Flisher, Alan J.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Townsend, Loraine
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Chikobvu, Perpetual
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Lombard, Carl J.
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
King, Gary
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Statistics
Citations: 53
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1532-7795.2009.00634.x
ISSN:
10508392
e-ISSN:
15327795
Research Areas
Substance Abuse
Study Locations
South Africa