Another one breathes the dust. The relation between severe air pollution episodes and school attendance in southern Chile
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21690576 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Hofflinger (0000-0002-1231-9911, Universidad de La Frontera), Àlex Boso (0000-0002-0313-8238, Nucleus of Social Sciences and Humanities – Butamallin Centre for Global Change Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 252-263 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Local Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-9839 • E-ISSN: 1469-6711 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13549839.2021.1886065 |
| OpenAlex | W3129973379 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 52 |
The intermediate-sized cities of southern Chile experience days of high pollution levels every winter due to the use of wood-burning stoves. Several studies have analysed the factors that hinder energy transition and the social acceptance of measures to improve air quality, the consequences of which are disturbing. However, they have mainly focused on health issues without considering the social impacts of air pollution. This study aims to assess whether exposure to outdoor air pollution is associated with school absenteeism. We analysed the records of approx. 5,000 students in the fourth grade from 25 schools in five cities in southern Chile (2010–2017). Using a fixed-effects model and applying it to the school level, we were able to estimate the effect of air pollution on absenteeism from school after controlling for the effects of individual characteristics. Previous studies have found that independent of air pollution, students from low-income families have a higher absenteeism rate. Our findings suggest that as air pollution worsens, pupils from middle and high-income households are also more likely to miss school days. We argue that this is, presumably, because high-income families are able to develop protective behaviour such as bringing their children to the doctor or keeping them at home on highly polluted days
Absenteeism · Air pollution · Air quality index · Attendance · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Environmental protection · Geography · Meteorology · Socioeconomics · Stove · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Medicine · Noise Effects and Management · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology · Social Psychology · Pollution
Fixed Effects Regression Models
Air pollution, health, and socio-economic status
The impact of exposure to air pollution on cognitive performance
School absenteeism and school refusal behavior in youth
A Practitioner’s Guide to Cluster-Robust Inference
The Home Halo Effect
Impact of Particulate Matter Exposure and Surrounding “Greenness” on Chronic Absenteeism in Massachusetts Public Schools
Better Estimates from Binned Income Data
Human–Environment Interactions and Environmental Justice
Ambient air pollution and children’s cognitive outcomes
When Schools Are the Ones that Choose
When” Students Miss School
Breathless
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |