| Variables | Categories | Dropout Status | χ2 (p-value) | |
| Yes n (%) | No n (%) | |||
| Yearly Family Income (BDT) | Lower Income | 56 (91.8) | 5 (8.2) | 30.583 (<0.001) |
| Lower Middle Income | 82 (63.6) | 47 (36.4) | ||
| Upper Middle Income | 6 (30) | 14 (70) | ||
| Respondent’s level of Education | Primary | 93 (79.5) | 24 (20.5) | 39.205 (<0.001) |
| Secondary | 44 (72.1) | 17 (27.9) | ||
| Higher Education | 7 (21.9) | 25 (78.1) | ||
| Willingness to study up to SSC | Less | 41 (89.1) | 5 (10.9) | 11.776 (0.003) |
| Neutral | 18 (66.7) | 9 (33.3) | ||
| Very Much | 85 (62) | 52 (38) | ||
| Residence | Rural | 117 (76.5) | 36 (23.5) | 16.320 (<0.001) |
| Urban | 27 (47.4) | 30 (52.6) | ||
| Father’s Occupation | Business | 50 (67.6) | 24 (32.4) | 36.373 (<0.001) |
| Job | 10 (28.6) | 25 (71.4) | ||
| Farmer | 41 (80.4) | 10 (19.6) | ||
| Others | 43 (86) | 7 (14) | ||
| Mobility to Local Power Structure | Yes | 65 (57) | 49 (43) | 15.447 (<0.001) |
| No | 79 (82.3) | 17 (17.7) | ||
| Food Deficit in Family | Yes | 71 (81.6) | 16 (18.4) | 11.716 (0.001) |
| No | 73 (59.3) | 50 (40.7) | ||
| Children living with family | Yes | 118 (65.9) | 61 (34.1) | 3.950 (0.047) |
| No | 26 (83.9) | 5 (16.1) | ||
| School Location | Rural | 109 (77.3) | 32 (22.7) | 15.188 (<0.001) |
| Urban | 35 (50.7) | 34 (49.3) | ||
| School Type | Public | 100 (74.1) | 35 (25.9) | 5.311 (0.021) |
| Private | 44 (58.7) | 31 (41.7) | ||
| Participation in Extracurricular Activities | Yes | 26 (55.3) | 21 (44.7) | 4.934 (0.026) |
| No | 118 (72.4) | 45 (27.6) | ||