Browsing by Subject "koulupoissaolot"

Objectives. For this thesis, the objectives were to find out, what kind of factors effect school absenteeism in Finnish compulsory schools and how school absenteeism effects youth’s conceptions of the future. Risk factors can be divided into individual, school, family, and community factors. Other objective for this thesis was to find out, how youth perceive the future and are there differences between youth attending school and school absentees. Conceptions of the future were divided into educational aspirations and visions about the future. Previous research has found out that school absentees have lower educational aspirations and more negative visons about the future than youth attending school. In this thesis will be found out, which risk factors affect most on school absenteeism in Finnish compulsory schools, and how the future shows out on school absentees. Methods. This thesis is a quantitative master’s thesis. Used data was School Health Promotion study in 2019 (Kouluterveyskysely), which is collected by Finnish institute for health and welfare (THL). Data included 8th and 9th grade students (N = 87 020). Data was processed in IMB SPSS Statistics 27 -program. Methods for this thesis were multinomial logistic regression analysis, cross-tabulation, and t-test. Results and conclusions. The biggest risk factors for school absenteeism were dissatisfaction with school, substance use, bullying other youth, perceived difficulties in concentrating, and difficulties in sleeping. Parents’, especially mother’s higher education protected youth from school absenteeism. The main results of this thesis were mainly in line with previous research. School absentees perceived the future more negatively and had lower educational aspirations than youth attending school. There was a statistically significant difference between the conceptions of the future between the groups. School absentees were more likely not to want to continue education after compulsory education. By the results of this thesis, risk factors for school absenteeism can be recognized more accurately, students’ comprehensive well-being can be supported better, and student counselling can be improved.