This publication is based on data from the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (QLSCD) and aims to identify the factors predicting graduating high school before the age of 20 by considering four stages of life: the preschool years, the first cycle of elementary school, the transition from elementary to high school, and Secondary 3. For each stage of the school journey, various individual, family and school characteristics are examined.
The target population is young people born in Québec in 1997–1998 and who lived in Québec in 2017.