How the Mexican drug war affects kids and schools? Evidence on effects and mechanisms

Jarillo, Brenda; Magaloni, Beatriz; Franco, E. D.; Robles, Gustavo

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2016.05.008

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“…Using a large sample of 15-year-old Costa Rican students, the novel findings of this study revealed that attending schools which were situated in districts with higher homicide rates and cocaine confiscations increased the probability of being a victim of peer physical aggression at school. These results are consistent with previous literature that has noted the relationship between homicide rate and academic achievement Jarillo et al, 2016); and between exposure to community violence, through witnessing and through direct victimization, and peer group social maladjustment, in the form of aggression, peer rejection, and bullying by peers (Schwartz & Proctor, 2000). Though we could not conclude that peer physical victimization was caused by crime exposure or previous psychotraumatic experiences due to known limitations of our study, these findings still confirmed the fact that there is a connection between crime rates at district level and peer physical victimization at school.…”

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Are homicide and drug trafficking linked to peer physical victimization in Costa Rican schools?

Giménez¹,

Tkacheva²,

Barrado³

2021

Psychology of Violence

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research project number EDU2016-76414-R] and the Gobierno de Aragón [research project number S44_20R: SEIM]. They provided the funds to finance the article review process and proofreading. We wish to express our gratitude to the members of the Estado de la Educación program, in Costa Rica, for their valuable ideas and technical support. We also thank two anonymous reviewers and Dr. Miguel Villodas, senior consulting editor, whose suggestions helped to improve and clarify this manuscript.

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“…Violence-related problems such as exposure to organized crime and drug-trafficking are more prevalent in poor areas (Jarillo et al, 2016). People living in violent environments face multiple stressors that contribute to their behavior.…”

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Are homicide and drug trafficking linked to peer physical victimization in Costa Rican schools?

Giménez¹,

Tkacheva²,

Barrado³

2021

Psychology of Violence

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“…For instance, students who go through depression, anxiety, or partake in substance use are more likely to be truant relative to those without such features [7,10,[13][14][15]. Other predictors include being bullied, injured, gang-related violence, physical attack, poor school environment, uninteresting classwork, strained student-teacher relationship, lack of school connectedness, and fighting within the school milieu [11,[16][17][18][19][20].…”

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Association between Hunger and Truancy among Students in Liberia: Analysis of 2017 Global School-Based Student Health Survey

Appiah

Salihu

Oppong

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BioMed Research International

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Background. About 83% and 49% of Liberians live beneath the poverty line of US$1.25/day and experience hunger, respectively. Studies have established that hunger has long-term adverse consequence on truancy among students. However, no national level study has investigated contribution of hunger on truancy among in-school students in Liberia. This paper therefore seeks to examine the association between hunger and truancy among students in Liberia. The study hypothesises that there exists a positive association between hunger and truancy. Methods. This study used the 2017 Liberia Global School-Based Student Health Survey (LGSSHS) and sampled 2,744 students. However, the present study was restricted to 1,613 respondents who had complete information about variable of interest analysed in the study. Hunger and truancy are the main explanatory and outcome variables for this study. At 95% confidence interval, two binary logistic regression models were built with Model I examining relationship between hunger and truancy and Model II controlled for the influence of covariates on truancy. Our findings were reported in odds ratio (OR) and adjusted odds ratio (AOR). All the analysis was done using STATA version 14.0. Results. Descriptively, 46% were truant, and 65% of students ever experienced hunger. Inferentially, students that ever-encountered hunger had higher odds to truancy ( AOR = 1.32 , CI = 1.06 -1.65). The odds to be truant also increased among those at 15 years and above ( AOR = 2.00 , CI = 1.46 -2.72), who witnessed bullying ( AOR = 1.36 , CI = 1.10 -1.68), that felt lonely ( AOR = 1.35 , CI = 1.06 -1.71), that currently smoke cigarette ( AOR = 2.58 , CI = 1.64 -4.06), and wards whose parents go through their things ( AOR = 1.26 , CI = 1.03 -1.55). Conclusions. The study concluded that hunger was associated with truancy among students in Liberia. Additionally, students’ age, bullying, feeling lonely, cigarette use, and parental concern also determined truancy. Governments, policy makers, and other partners in education should therefore roll out some school-based interventions, such as the school feeding program, which will help minimise the incidence of hunger among students. Such programs should consider the variations in students’ background characteristics in its design.

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“…Additionally, intense criminal activities in a neighborhood may also affect children's safety in schools. Jarillo, Magaloni, Franco and Robles (2016) show the significant role of the drug war in increasing the student absenteeism, especially in poorer neighborhoods in Mexico. If schools become unsafe for children, this may have an indirect impact on parents' labor market participation.…”

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confidence: 97%

Firms and Labor in Times of Violence: Evidence from the Mexican Drug War

Utar

2018

SSRN Journal

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How the Mexican drug war affects kids and schools? Evidence on effects and mechanisms

Cited by 33 publications

References 14 publications

Are homicide and drug trafficking linked to peer physical victimization in Costa Rican schools?

Are homicide and drug trafficking linked to peer physical victimization in Costa Rican schools?

Association between Hunger and Truancy among Students in Liberia: Analysis of 2017 Global School-Based Student Health Survey

Firms and Labor in Times of Violence: Evidence from the Mexican Drug War

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