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County variation in children's and adolescent's health status and school district performance in California
1School of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. sistone@berkeley.edu
Objectives:
We examined the association between county-level estimates of children's health status and school district performance in California.
Methods:
We used 3 data sources: the California Health Interview Survey, district archives from the California Department of Education, and census-based estimates of county demographic characteristics. We used logistic regression to estimate whether a school district's failure to meet adequate yearly progress goals in 2004 to 2005 was a function of child and adolescent's health status. Models included district- and county-level fixed effects and were adjusted for the clustering of districts within counties.
Results:
County-level changes in children's and adolescent's health status decreased the likelihood that a school district would fail to meet adequate yearly progress goals during the investigation period. Health status did not moderate the relatively poor performance of predominantly minority districts.
Conclusions:
We found empirical support that area variation in children's and adolescent's health status exerts a contextual effect on school district performance. Future research should explore the specific mechanisms through which area-level child health influences school and district achievement.
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