Persistent absenteeism among Irish primary school pupils

Educational Review

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 488-501

  Thornton, Maeve ^a   Darmody, Merike ^a,b   McCoy, Selina ^a,b  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ireland; national survey; primary schools; school absenteeism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885371243     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2013.768599     Document Type: Article

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