Causas de desescolarización en las comunas 5, 6, 8 y 9 de Santa Marta (Colombia)

This paper has the objective to identify the main causes of unschooling and its incidence by sex, age in the commune 5, 6, 8 and 9 of the District of Santa Marta for 2011. To meet this objective a census was applied in the study area, a characterization of unschooling was conducted and a logistic regression model was applied to identify the variables that affect the probability of being unschooled. Found Among the reasons most frequently presented as a cause of unschooling are the problems at home, pregnancy , parenthood , the need to work , changing family home , among others presented in this paper . Finally, these results allow to point out the need to develop strategies aimed at mitigating the impact of unschooling in different age groups and differentially for each of the sexes.