Investigation of Early School Leaving Risk in Disadvantaged Girl Students at Primary Education Level in Rural Regions by Chaid Analysis

Abstract

Disadvantaged girl students in rural areas are often neglected, abused, married at a young age and at risk of early school leaving. The main purpose of this study was to reveal the early school leaving risks for girl students attending primary education in rural areas of east in T & uuml;rkiye. In the study, which was carried out using the relational research model, a quantitative research method, girl students attending primary education constituted the sample of the study (n = 515). Variables explaining the early school leaving risks of girl students were determined using CHAID analysis, a decision tree method. According to the research results, the high number of siblings in girls attending primary education is a dominant variable in the risk of early school leaving.