- Abstract:
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AIM: To show that schools achieving higher examination pass and lower truancy rates than expected, given that their pupil populations (high value-added schools) are associated with a lower incidence of smoking among pupils (13-14 years). DESIGN: Value-added scores for schools were derived from standardized residuals of two regression equations predicting separately the proportion of pupils passing high school diplomas and the half-days lost to truancy from the socio-economic and ethnic profi...
Expand abstract - Journal:
- Addiction (Abingdon, England)
- Volume:
- 103
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 155-161
- Publication date:
- 2008-01-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1360-0443
- ISSN:
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0965-2140
- URN:
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uuid:5b14d36d-714a-4f0f-9de6-7d05e0cd89ae
- Source identifiers:
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351554
- Local pid:
- pubs:351554
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Copyright date:
- 2008
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Value-added education and smoking uptake in schools: a cohort study.
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