The pie chart provides information about the proportion of the five main reasons for poor attendance in UK schools according to the latest survey.
As an overview, it is clear that having both parents working is the most significant cause of this problems, while upbringing contributes the least.
In detail, it is noticeable that the highest rate of poor school attendance in the UK is due to both parents working, which accounting for 40%. The second biggest factor contributing to this situation is a lacking of school discipline, which responsible for a quarter of the total.
On the contra, the last three causes only account for just over a quarter. Although peer group pressure and bullying each represent the same proportion, their total is still 10% less than the largest group. The least common reason is upbringing , which contributes only 5% and only one-fifth of the second largest group.
