Abstract
There is a disturbing school-leaving pattern among poor boys. In other countries, this problem has been glossed over because boys outperform girls. However, literature points out that Filipino boys are being outperformed by girls for quite some time. Data from the 2008 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS) treated to common descriptive statistical analysis were used to determine the primary factors that push-pull boys away from schools; whether poor rather than non-poor boys have preponderance for not attending school; and how not attending school among boys impact on society. Lack of personal interest is clearly the predominant reason among the boys from the lowest 30% and the highest 70% income strata that independently or simultaneously push-pull them from school. Poor boys rather than non-poor boys frequently leave school in terms of magnitude and coverage of their reasons. Empirical evidence gathered point to different societal manifestations of shifting gender parity conditions that may impact on poor males.
Recommended Citation
Cañete, Leodinito Y.
(2012)
"When Boys are Pushed-Pulled Out of School: Empirical Evidence from the Philippines,"
CNU Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 6:
Iss.
2, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70997/2546-1796.1152
Available at:
https://jhe.researchcommons.org/journal/vol6/iss2/9