The Influence of Health on School Outcomes

A Multivariate Approach

Bibliographic Data

ID9103887
AuthorsBetsy Wolfe (0000-0002-8803-9019, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, corresponding author), Barbara L Wolfe
Year1985
Volume23
Issue10
Pages1127-1138
Publication date1985-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00005650-198510000-00001
PMID2932611
OpenAlexW1965549975
LanguageEN
Citations received16

This study investigates the relationship between chronic poor health and school outcomes among children. A simultaneous three-stage least squares model is estimated in which achievement and attendance are endogenous variables. The hypothesis that particular health characteristics are associated with differences in individual school outcomes is confirmed. For example, attendance is affected most by illnesses likely to interfere with school or peer interactions or difficulty doing only strenuous activity. Achievement is lowered by moderate to severe psychologic problems. Including attendance as an endogenous variable increases its significance. Other socioeconomic and school variables, such as mother working, marital status and special schooling, are included in the model. Policy implications are suggested

Attendance · Developmental psychology · Econometrics · Environmental health · Instrumental variable · Marital status · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Mathematics · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance