What Works to Keep Students in School? A Meta-Analysis of Interventions to Reduce School Absenteeism.

Behav Sci (Basel) · 2026 · PMC13203937 · PMID 42193576

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Although the result approached but did not reach statistical significance, the pattern warrants attention.

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Race/ethnicity was not a statistically significant moderator of intervention effects, Q (1) = 3.34, p = 0.0677, although the result approached significance.

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