The chart below shows the results of a survey into the causes of poor school attendance in the UK in 2007.

The pie chart compares the proportion of five certain reasons which led to poor school attendance in a survey in the UK in the year 2007.

Overall

, what stands out from the diagram is that

whereas

less parental involvement

due to

work and shortage of discipline in schools was recorded as the main factors of

this

issue, upbringing ranked

last

among the five ones. With regard to the diagram, it is apparent that both parents working had the highest share with 40%,

while

a lack of school discipline was the other main factor which caused

this

issue, ranking second with 25%.

On the other hand

, shifting the focus to the rest, it is obvious that peer group pressure and bullying were responsible for nearly the same share with a little less than 20%.

However

, as given in the graph, upbringing was the least significant factor which affected the attendance of students with 5%.