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Schrom, Linda K. – 1980
A study was conducted in Victoria, Australia, to examine the factors that influence Year 9 students' intentions to leave secondary school. Discriminant function analysis was used to determine the effects of family background variables, school characteristics, significant others, personal assessments, and attitudes on school-leaving intentions of…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
Vickers, Margaret; Lamb, Stephen; Hinkley, John – 2003
Data on the Y95 cohort (first interviewed in 1995 when in Year 9) of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth were analyzed to identify the effects of student employment on participation and attrition in secondary school and tertiary study and on young people's activities after secondary school. Working between 1 and 5 hours during Year 9 of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Apprenticeships, Dropout Research, Dropouts