The Relationship of School Absenteeism with Body Mass Index, Academic Achievement, and Socioeconomic Status among Fourth-Grade Children

Autor/inn/en	Baxter, Suzanne D.; Royer, Julie A.; Hardin, James W.; Guinn, Caroline H.; Devlin, Christina M.
Titel	The Relationship of School Absenteeism with Body Mass Index, Academic Achievement, and Socioeconomic Status among Fourth-Grade Children
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 81 (2011) 7, S.417-423 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00610.x
Schlagwörter	Body Composition; Socioeconomic Status; Academic Achievement; Correlation; Elementary School Students; Grade 4; Body Weight; Body Height; Age Differences; Gender Differences; School Districts; Attendance Patterns; Child Development; South Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Schulleistung; Korrelation; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Körpergewicht; Körpergröße; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; School district; Schulbezirk; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	Background: Data from a school-based study concerning fourth-grade children's dietary recall accuracy were linked with data from the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) through the South Carolina Budget and Control Board Office of Research and Statistics (ORS) to investigate the relationships of children's school absenteeism with body mass index (BMI), academic achievement, and socioeconomic status (SES). Methods: Data for all variables were available for 920 fourth-grade children during 2 school years (2005-2006, 2006-2007). Number of school days absent for each child and eligibility for free/reduced-price school meals (SES measure) were provided to ORS by SCDE. Children's weight and height were measured by research staff; age/sex-specific BMI percentile was calculated and grouped into categories. For academic achievement, Palmetto Achievement Challenge Tests scores were provided by the school district. The associations of absenteeism with BMI, academic achievement, SES, and school year were investigated with logistic binomial models using the modified sandwich variance estimator to adjust for multiple outcomes within schools. Results: The relationships between absenteeism and each of BMI percentile category and SES were not significant (all coefficient p values greater than 0.118). The relationship between absenteeism and academic achievement was inversely significant (p value less than 0.0001; coefficient = -0.087). Conclusions: These results support the inverse relationship between absenteeism and academic achievement that was expected and has been found by other researchers. The lack of significant results concerning the relationships between absenteeism and both BMI and SES differs from earlier, limited research. More research to investigate these relationships is needed. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10