School Absenteeism and Neighborhood Deprivation and Threat: Utilizing the Child Opportunity Index to Assess for Neighborhood-Level Disparities in Passaic County, NJ
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: Leveraging publicly available data about schools' absenteeism from the New Jersey Department of Education, the present study examined how neighborhood-level resource deprivation and violent crime related to chronic absenteeism in Passaic County's elementary, middle, and high schools. Results highlighted geographic disparities in Passaic County, New Jersey, whereby predominantly racial/ethnic, under-resourced, communities of color have significantly greater levels of resource deprivation and threat. Additionally, greater neighborhood-level resource deprivation and neighborhood violent crime were associated with higher rates and trajectories of absenteeism across three academic school years. These findings highlight the importance of considering neighborhood context in absenteeism prevention programs.
Source: Urban Education
Authors: Ijeoma Opara, Daneele Thorpe, David T. Lardier
Institutions: Yale University, Stony Brook University, University of New Mexico
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G2193332662, Understanding the Role of Neighborhoods on Urban Youth's Substance Use and Mental Health: A Community-Based Substance Abuse Prevention Project, Reinvigorating HIV Prevention and Care for People Who Use Drugs: Accelerating Progress and Sustaining Gains in the Midst of Societal Disruption, Research Education Institute for Dynamic Scholars (REIDS), Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award
OpenAlex ID: W4296260783