Table 6 Balance of the sample of young women

Age

18.38

18.44

−1.03

18.35

18.44

−1.26

0.01

18.55

18.42

1.49

−0.17

Rosenberg’s self-esteem score

23.59

23.82

−0.81

24.13

23.64

1.43

0.60

23.4

23.66

−0.42

−0.73

Married

0.28

0.18

3.10^c

0.22

0.22

0.15

−0.02

0.23

0.22

0.18

0.12

Number of children

0.38

0.29

2.09^b

0.31

0.33

−0.30

0.06

0.33

0.33

−0.05

0.09

Mother

0.33

0.27

1.87^a

0.27

0.30

−0.80

0.11

0.29

0.30

−0.19

0.10

Attend school

0.41

0.39

0.55

0.39

0.40

−0.32

−0.14

0.49

0.39

1.73^a

−0.13

Incomplete primary educ.

0.15

0.16

−0.18

0.20

0.14

1.78^a

0.02

0.10

0.15

−1.17

0.06

Complete primary educ.

0.05

0.03

1.16

0.04

0.04

0.10

0.03

0.04

0.04

−0.14

0.07

Incomplete secondary educ.

0.55

0.63

−2.20^b

0.52

0.62

−2.36^b

−0.08

0.69

0.62

1.25

−0.24^b

Complete secondary educ.

0.04

0.04

0.42

0.04

0.04

0.10

−0.06

0.01

0.04

−1.35

−0.05

More than secondary educ.

0.00

0.00

0.75

0.00

0.00

−0.51

0.00

0.00

0.00

−0.38

0.00

Missing education

0.05

0.03

1.09

0.07

0.03

2.11^b

0.02

0.03

0.03

−0.33

0.04

No data on education

0.15

0.10

1.98^b

0.13

0.12

0.24

0.06

0.14

0.12

0.53

0.11

Number of jobs

0.14

0.17

−0.93

0.19

0.16

1.01

0.13^a

0.19

0.15

0.72

−0.19^a

Employed

0.02

0.02

0.12

0.02

0.01

0.57

−0.04

0.00

0.02

−1.06

−0.01

Salaried worker

0.01

0.01

0.25

0.00

0.01

−1.13

0.00

0.00

0.01

−0.84

0.00

Unemployed

0.44

0.45

−0.15

0.46

0.44

0.27

0.11

0.39

0.45

−0.92

−0.01

Life-Quality Index (0–100)

63.87

64.08

−0.31

64.72

63.83

1.08

1.21

64.43

63.75

0.61

2.24

Receives remittances

0.07

0.11

−1.92^a

0.08

0.10

−0.53

0.02

0.13

0.09

0.87

−0.06

Urban

0.93

0.91

0.82

0.94

0.91

1.18

0.03

0.98

0.90

2.14^b

−0.06

Lives in Santo Domingo

0.38

0.39

−0.42

0.40

0.39

0.29

−0.05

0.53

0.37

2.76^c

−0.10

Observations

291

519

166

644

80

564