The table below reflects the common causes of absenteeism among senior high school in terms of peer factors.

Five categories were confirmed as rarely by

the respondents such as do you get absent from school to be with your friends, do you prefer being outside with your friends than being in school,
do you skip class when your friends tell you to, do your friends pressure you to get absent to attend leisure activities, and is it okay for you to get
absent as long as you are having great time with your friends obtained a weighted means of 2.3, 2.25, 2.15, 2.1, 2.25 , respectively. Followed by one
category which was rated as Very Often namely, when your friend asks you to skip classes, are you also tempted to do so and made a weighted
mean of 2.6 . Next to it, two items were rated Never namely, do you always want to please your friends, to the point that you will comply with
everything they ask got a weighted mean score of 1.45 and the lowest mean score of 1 for the item, do your friends give you threats of being kicked
out of the group if you don’t do as they say.
The results indicate that the majority of the students preferred being outside the school as long as they were having a great time with their friends rather than
to attend school. Only a few said that they were tempted to get absent whenever their friends ask them to skip class. On the other hand, students confirmed
that problems like giving threats of being kicked out of the group and pleasing or complying with their command was not the first option when they were
absent.
Summing up all the collected data, the respondents confirmed that rarely peer pressure were the causes of absenteeism among the senior high school
received the lowest total mean of 2.012 . It signifies that factors that related to peer pressure were the cause of students absenteeism

Verbal
PART 1: PEER PRESSURE Mean
Interpretation

Do you get absent from school to be with your friends? 2.3 Rarely

Do you prefer being outside with your friends than being in 2.25 Rarely
school?

Do you skip class when your friends tell you to? 2.15 Rarely

Do your friends pressure you to get absent to attend leisure 2.1 Rarely
activities?

Is it okay for you to get absent as long as you are having great 2.25 Rarely
time with your friends?

When your friend asks you to skip classes, are you also 2.6 Very Often
tempted to do so?

Do you always want to please your friends, to the point that 1.45 Never
you will comply with everything they ask?

Do your friends give you threats of being kicked out of the 1 Never
group if you don’t do as they say?

Total Mean 2.0125 Rarely

Bin Frequency Percentage

1.00 – 1.49 4 20%

1.50 – 2.49 9 45%

2.50 – 3.49 7 35%

3.50 – 4. 00 0 0%

The table above shows the frequency and percentage of responses of our respondents. There are four respondents who answered that their
friends never give threats of being kicked out of the group if they don’t do as they say. Nine respondents are rarely influenced by their friends to
get absent. And there are seven respondents who very often attempt to skip classes because their friend asks them to do so.

To sum up the table, the result shows that the factor, peer pressure, affect the school attendance among USL Senior High School student rarely.
The outcomes further explains that student are sometimes affected by their peers. They are influence by their friends to commit absenteeism.
Some students prefer to be outside with their friends than being in school. Peer pressure is the influence from members among one’s circle. It is
the act of following your peers because of the pressure. Teenagers are most likely to indulge because they want to fit in a particular group. A
negative peer pressure can influence a student in cutting classes and committing absenteeism. (Epstein & Sheldon, 2010; Hartnett, 2007;
Jonhson, 2016; Molina, 2017). According to Molina (2017), peer pressure is one of the powerful forces that influences teenagers. In order to fit into
a peer group, they feel like they must do the same thing as what everyone in the group does. Students are also prefer being with friends,
especially to those students who have problem in the family or personal problem. In this way they make their self happy even in a short time.
Furthermore, this analysis additionally supports Abraham Maslow’s Theory of the hierarchy of needs particularly Love and belongingness needs.
Love and belongingness is the need for interpersonal relationships motivates behavior such as friendship, intimacy, trust, and acceptance,
receiving and giving affection and love. They can find this on their peers. As you can see on the results, when their peers ask them to skip
classes and attempt to do so is very often.