{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2147182700","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4314/just.v29i3.50093","title":"Dimensions Of Basic School Dropouts In Rural Ghana: The Case Of Asutifi District","display_name":"Dimensions Of Basic School Dropouts In Rural Ghana: The Case Of Asutifi District","publication_year":2010,"publication_date":"2010-01-26","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2147182700","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4314/just.v29i3.50093","mag":"2147182700"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.4314/just.v29i3.50093","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4314/just.v29i3.50093","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4314/just.v29i3.50093","pdf_url":"https://www.ajol.info/index.php/just/article/download/50093/36412","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210187228","display_name":"Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)","issn_l":"0855-0395","issn":["0855-0395","3057-3629"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["jpps-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310321518","host_organization_name":"African Journals OnLine","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310321518"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["African Journals OnLine"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"diamond","oa_url":"https://www.ajol.info/index.php/just/article/download/50093/36412","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014646857","display_name":"B Imoro","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I28046988","display_name":"Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00cb23x68","country_code":"GH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I28046988"]}],"countries":["GH"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"B Imoro","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Planning Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi - Ghana","University of Science and Technology (KNUST)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Planning Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi - Ghana","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I28046988"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Science and Technology (KNUST)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I28046988"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5014646857"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I28046988"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":17,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.32841484,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"29","issue":"3","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11556","display_name":"Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare","score":0.4189000129699707,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3311","display_name":"Safety Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11556","display_name":"Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare","score":0.4189000129699707,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3311","display_name":"Safety Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12204","display_name":"African Education and Politics","score":0.38920000195503235,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13929","display_name":"Educational Outcomes and Influences","score":0.13109999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/school-dropout","display_name":"school dropout","score":0.9559999704360962},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/basic-education","display_name":"basic education","score":0.8460000157356262},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rural-education","display_name":"rural education","score":0.8119999766349792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dropout-causes","display_name":"causes of dropout","score":0.6779999732971191},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/educational-quality","display_name":"educational quality","score":0.6949999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/teaching-and-learning-quality","display_name":"teaching and learning quality","score":0.7799999713897705},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/student-performance","display_name":"student performance","score":0.5220000147819519},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/poverty","display_name":"poverty","score":0.6729999780654907},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/school-enrolment","display_name":"school enrolment","score":0.921999990940094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/grade-retention","display_name":"school retention","score":0.6309999823570251},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/education-policy","display_name":"education policy","score":0.7940000295639038}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776145597","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25339462","display_name":"Dropout (neural networks)","level":2,"score":0.8732297420501709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2984949393","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260241","display_name":"Drop out","level":2,"score":0.7333817481994629},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779175122","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3309206","display_name":"Basic education","level":2,"score":0.6819394826889038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C189326681","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10294","display_name":"Poverty","level":2,"score":0.6453434228897095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779530757","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207505","display_name":"Quality (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.5184704661369324},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3017496549","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q780562","display_name":"School dropout","level":2,"score":0.5037946105003357},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2992044688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1754946","display_name":"Rural district","level":2,"score":0.48111528158187866},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.46185529232025146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C129047720","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175185","display_name":"Rural area","level":2,"score":0.4548225998878479},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.4318810999393463},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C509550671","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126945","display_name":"Medical education","level":1,"score":0.40857771039009094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50522688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189833","display_name":"Economic growth","level":1,"score":0.331337571144104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.31705549359321594},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.29706692695617676},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C45355965","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1643441","display_name":"Socioeconomics","level":1,"score":0.2912636995315552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C4249254","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3044431","display_name":"Demographic economics","level":1,"score":0.18626326322555542},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.1382213830947876},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.10343050956726074},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142724271","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7208","display_name":"Pathology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.4314/just.v29i3.50093","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4314/just.v29i3.50093","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4314/just.v29i3.50093","pdf_url":"https://www.ajol.info/index.php/just/article/download/50093/36412","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210187228","display_name":"Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)","issn_l":"0855-0395","issn":["0855-0395","3057-3629"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["jpps-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310321518","host_organization_name":"African Journals OnLine","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310321518"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["African Journals OnLine"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.863.9219","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.863.9219","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://ir.knust.edu.gh:8080/bitstream/123456789/5242/1/Imoro.pdf","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.873.5874","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.873.5874","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://www.ajol.info/index.php/just/article/download/50093/36412/","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.4314/just.v29i3.50093","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4314/just.v29i3.50093","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4314/just.v29i3.50093","pdf_url":"https://www.ajol.info/index.php/just/article/download/50093/36412","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210187228","display_name":"Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)","issn_l":"0855-0395","issn":["0855-0395","3057-3629"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["jpps-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310321518","host_organization_name":"African Journals OnLine","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310321518"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["African Journals OnLine"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.975600004196167,"display_name":"Quality education","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2147182700.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2147182700.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":6,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W7085229","https://openalex.org/W289674300","https://openalex.org/W2004097588","https://openalex.org/W2085645963","https://openalex.org/W2107254055","https://openalex.org/W2320537201"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W6958503279","https://openalex.org/W7113706610","https://openalex.org/W2004097588","https://openalex.org/W3000329294","https://openalex.org/W1522749660","https://openalex.org/W2802081247","https://openalex.org/W2248705710","https://openalex.org/W2529065309","https://openalex.org/W103378003","https://openalex.org/W6902331806"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,26,122],"objective":[1],"of":[2,11,28,38,48,59,61,67,74,78,93,105,110,113,145,161],"this":[3],"paper":[4],"was":[5,86,101],"to":[6,89,141],"investigate":[7],"the":[8,19,42,46,64,68,75,83,90,102,108,111,116,130,137,143,151],"various":[9],"dimensions":[10],"basic":[12,39,69,131],"school":[13,49,106,164],"dropouts":[14],"in":[15,41,57,63,82,115,129,139,150,154,163],"rural":[16,84],"Ghana":[17],"using":[18],"Asutifi":[20],"district":[21],"as":[22,71],"a":[23,72],"case":[24],"study.":[25],"analysis":[27],"data":[29],"(both":[30],"quantitative":[31],"and":[32,80,147,159],"qualitative)":[33],"gathered":[34],"from":[35],"several":[36],"stakeholders":[37,97],"education":[40,132],"district,":[43],"revealed":[44],"that":[45,99,126,157],"causes":[47],"dropout":[50],"were":[51],"rather":[52],"complex.":[53],"Poor":[54],"educational":[55,117,152],"outcomes":[56],"terms":[58],"per-formance":[60],"candidates":[62],"final":[65],"examinations":[66],"level":[70],"result":[73],"poor":[76],"quality":[77,127],"teaching":[79],"learning":[81],"environment":[85],"directly":[87],"linked":[88],"high":[91],"rate":[92],"drop-out.":[94],"Although":[95],"some":[96],"claimed":[98],"poverty":[100],"main":[103],"cause":[104],"dropout,":[107],"significance":[109],"loss":[112],"confidence":[114,144],"system":[118,153],"cannot":[119],"be":[120,136,166],"overemphasised.":[121],"policy":[123],"implication":[124],"is":[125],"consideration":[128],"delivery":[133],"should":[134],"now":[135],"priority":[138],"order":[140],"regain":[142],"parents":[146],"their":[148],"wards":[149],"general":[155],"so":[156],"enrolments":[158],"retention":[160],"children":[162],"could":[165],"enhanced.Keywords:":[167],"Basic":[168],"Education,":[169],"Dropout,":[170],"Quality,":[171],"Enrolment,":[172],"Retention":[173]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-30T12:39:25.321706","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}