Prevalence and factors associated with chronic school absenteeism among 207,107 in-school adolescents: Findings from cross-sectional studies in 71 low-middle and high-income countries

• Md. Ashfikur Rahman ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ashfikurr@gmail.com

  Affiliation Development Studies Discipline, Social Science School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5517-8557

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• Andre M. N. Renzaho,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Professor of Humanitarian and Development Studies, School of Medicine and Health, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, Australia

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• Satyajit Kundu,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Global Health Institute, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Science, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali, Bangladesh

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9610-1479

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• Md. Abdul Awal,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Electronics and Communication Engineering Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

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• Md. Ashikuzzaman,

  Roles Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Development Studies Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

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• Lijun Fan,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

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• Bright Opoku Ahinkorah,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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• Joshua Okyere,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Population and Health, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Joseph Kihika Kamara,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation World Vision International, East Africa Regional Office, Karen, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8727-9611

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• Rashidul Alam Mahumud

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

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