school dropout
collocation in Englishmeaningsofschoolanddropout
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school
noun
uk/skuːl/us/skuːl/
a place where children go to ...
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dropout
noun[C]
uk/ˈdrɒp.aʊt/us/ˈdrɑːp.aʊt/
a person who leaves school, college, or university before completing a qualification, or a person who lives in an ...
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(Definition ofschoolanddropoutfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The analysis examines how maltreatment affects delinquency, drug use, alcohol-related problems, depressive symptoms, teen pregnancy,schooldropout, and internalizing and externalizing problems during adolescence.
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Only the results for depressive symptoms andschooldropoutremain nonsignificant.
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Do extracurricular activities protect against earlyschooldropout?
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In turn, these behavior problems were found to be associated with increased rates of teenage pregnancy,schooldropout, and unemployment.
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A package of interventions to reduceschooldropoutin public schools in a developing country.
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In this analysis we employ several outcomes previously linked to maltreatment: delinquency, drug use, alcohol use or problems, depressive symptoms, teen pregnancy,schooldropout, internalizing behavior, and externalizing behavior.
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That is, whereas the second default on its own is accurate, we want to prevent its application in case the adult is a highschooldropout.
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Problems with academic achievement associated with depressive symptoms in early adolescence were expected to predict greaterschooldropoutand less likelihood of entering any form of higher education.
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Those steps, in turn, provided a solid base that acted later to cut down the flow of such adverse outcomes as delinquency,schooldropout, and unemployment.
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Cairns et al. (1989) found that those most vulnerable to earlyschooldropout(82% boys) were characterized by aggressiveness and low levels of academic performance by seventh grade.
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I should point out that young people require help in obtaining vocational training and in tackling theschooldropoutrate.
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Loweringschooldropoutrates and reducing poverty can only be achieved by providing all children with a future paving the way to a better life.
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This is a priority investment for society, and would substantially reduceschooldropoutrates and juvenile delinquency.
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I wish to draw attention to the highschooldropoutrate.
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There, he was aschooldropoutwho flunked his exams every year.
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Here he starred as the troubled young highschooldropout, who serves as the theatre's janitor.
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The status highschooldropoutrate in 2009 was 8.1%.
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He was actually a highschooldropoutwho became wealthy through the lumber business.
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He was a highschooldropoutwho had brilliant talents as both an inventor and an engineer.
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She pushed to create an incentive program to reward those parishes with reduced rates ofschooldropoutand teen pregnancy.
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