RT Article
T1 Demographic variation in truancy in adolescence and its effects on educational attainment and income in early adulthood
JF Journal of criminology
VO 58
IS 2
SP 203
OP 224
A1 Cardwell, Stephanie M.
A2 Tillyer, Marie Skubak
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1925277127
AB Although prior research has linked adolescent truancy with lower educational attainment and income in young adulthood, less is known about how these relationships are conditioned by demographics, such as gender, race, ethnicity, and receiving public assistance. Using data from two waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, we find that adolescent truancy predicts lower educational attainment in young adulthood, and the effect is significantly stronger for males relative to females and significantly weaker for recipients of public assistance relative to their peers. Truancy's effect on educational attainment was largely invariant across race and ethnicity. We found little evidence that truancy in adolescence is significantly related to income in young adulthood, net of controls. This study highlights the importance of examining the nuanced relationship between truancy and later life outcomes.
K1 demographic variation
K1 Income
K1 Educational attainment
K1 Life-course
K1 Truancy
DO 10.1177/26338076241286904