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. 2021 Jul 22;21:396. doi: 10.1186/s12909-021-02833-2

Table 4.

A summary of representative publications evaluating the relationship between student’s attendance, gender, and academic performance

Author, year of publication Relationship between attendance & academic performance The difference in academic performance & attendance according to gender

Current study

Al Shenawi et al.

+ (positive correlation) No significant effect but Females have more attendance than males
Khan YL et al., 2019 [1] + (positive correlation) Not applicable
Thatcher A et al., 2007 [2] + (positive correlation) Not applicable
Landin M et al., 2015 [3] + (positive correlation) Not applicable
Deane RP et al., 2013 [4] + (positive correlation) Not applicable
Al Khaja KA et al., 2019 [5] + (weak correlation) No significant effect
Subramaniam BS et al., 2013 [6] + (positive correlation) Not applicable
Daud S et al., 2012 [7] + (positive correlation) Female students have better attendance rate & academic performance than male
Dhaliwal UP et al., 2003 [8] + (positive correlation) Not applicable
Khan HU et al., 2003 [9] + (positive correlation) Not applicable
BinSaeed AA et al., 2009 [10] + (positive correlation) Not applicable
Sharmin T et al., 2016 [11] + (positive correlation) Not applicable
Sharma S et al., 2019 [12] +(strong correlation) Academic performance of female students better than males
Roy SS et al., 2014 [13] + (weak correlation) Academic performance of female students better than males
Nowreen N et al., 2019 [14] + (positive correlation) Not applicable
Silva ET et al., 2010 [15] + (positive correlation) Not applicable
Cheruvalath R et al., 2017 [16] + (positive correlation) Not applicable
Fadelelmoula T et al., 2018 [17] + (positive correlation) No significant effect
Ayodele OD et al., 2017 [18] + (positive correlation) No significant effect
Marburger DR et al., 2006 [19] + (positive correlation) Not applicable
Schnee D et al., 2019 [20] + (positive correlation) Not applicable
Lukkarinen A et al., 2016 [21] + (positive correlation) Not applicable
Aldamen H et al., 2015 [22] + (positive correlation) Not applicable
Kauffman CA et al., 2018 [23] No correlation Not applicable
Yeager L et al., 2018 [24] No correlation Not applicable
Faisal R et al., 2017 [25] Not applicable No significant effect
Albalawi M et al., 2019 [26] Not applicable Academic performance of female students better than males
Cortright RN et al., 2011 [27] Not applicable Attendance on academic performance is more significant for female students than males.