?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Dropping+Out+from+School%3A+A+Cross+Country+Review+of+Literature&rft.creator=Hunt%2C+Frances&rft.description=This+paper+provides+an+in-depth+review+and+analysis+of+literature+on+dropping+out%0D%0Afrom+school%2C+and+focuses+on+children+who+have+gained+access%2C+but+fail+to+complete+a%0D%0Abasic+education+cycle.+The+main+discussion+is+around+why+and+how+children+drop+out%0D%0Afrom+school.+Here+drop+out+is+not+presented+as+a+distinct+event%2C+but+rather+a+process%0D%0Awhere+a+range+of+supply-demand+factors+interact+to+influence+schooling+access.+The%0D%0Apaper+looks+at+literature+in+relation+to+household%2C+community+and+social+contexts+of%0D%0Adropping+out%2C+as+well+as+school+supply+and+practices.+It+also+explores+what+research+is%0D%0Asaying+around+pre-cursors+to+dropping+out+and+factors+which+may+influence+retention.%0D%0AFinally%2C+the+study+identifies+gaps+in+research+around+dropping+out+and+how+CREATE%0D%0Aresearch+could+address+some+of+these.&rft.publisher=CREATE%2C+Centre+for+International+Education%2C+University+of+Sussex&rft.date=2008-05&rft.type=Report&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(CREATE+-+Pathways+to+Access+Series+(PTAs).+Research+Monograph++16++).+CREATE%2C+Centre+for+International+Education%2C+University+of+Sussex%3A+Brighton%2C+UK.+++++&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10016470%2F