As part of this week’s Hooked on School Days (HSD), held February 12 to 16, a new survey conducted by the Groupe Léger, revealed that of the 1,009 Quebec respondents, aged 18 to 34 years, family and personal difficulties had a huge impact on school perseverance.
51% named family conflict, 50% named alcohol and drug use, and 40% named a physical or mental health difficulty or disability as factors for dropping-out of school, returning to their studies after having dropped-out or for thinking of dropping-out.
Read the Highlights of the Groupe Léger Survey.
According to recent stats, there are 1,326,326 students in Quebec.
The drop-out rate in 2013-2014 for the province is:
BOYS : 17,4%
GIRLS : 11%
TOTAL : 14,1%
The rate of graduation after 7 years, for 2015, for the province is:
BOYS : 73,8%
GIRLS : 83,9%
TOTAL : 78,8%
Source:  journées de la persévérances scolaires (French only)
