A 2021 survey of American high school students found that students with low levels of school connectedness were more likely to have skipped school due to feelings of being unsafe than those with high levels of school connectedness. School connectedness was defined by the survey as feeling close to the people at school.
Share of students who skipped school due to feeling unsafe in the United States in 2021, by sex and school connectedness*
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CDC. (April 28, 2023). Share of students who skipped school due to feeling unsafe in the United States in 2021, by sex and school connectedness* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/222120/us-students-who-did-not-go-to-school-because-of-insecurity-by-gender-and-ethnicity/
CDC. "Share of students who skipped school due to feeling unsafe in the United States in 2021, by sex and school connectedness*." Chart. April 28, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/222120/us-students-who-did-not-go-to-school-because-of-insecurity-by-gender-and-ethnicity/
CDC. (2023). Share of students who skipped school due to feeling unsafe in the United States in 2021, by sex and school connectedness*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/222120/us-students-who-did-not-go-to-school-because-of-insecurity-by-gender-and-ethnicity/
CDC. "Share of Students Who Skipped School Due to Feeling Unsafe in The United States in 2021, by Sex and School Connectedness*." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/222120/us-students-who-did-not-go-to-school-because-of-insecurity-by-gender-and-ethnicity/
CDC, Share of students who skipped school due to feeling unsafe in the United States in 2021, by sex and school connectedness* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/222120/us-students-who-did-not-go-to-school-because-of-insecurity-by-gender-and-ethnicity/ (last visited March 19, 2024)
Share of students who skipped school due to feeling unsafe in the United States in 2021, by sex and school connectedness* [Graph], CDC, April 28, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/222120/us-students-who-did-not-go-to-school-because-of-insecurity-by-gender-and-ethnicity/