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Table 10 Child’s educational aspirations at age 12 on participation in risky behaviour at age 19

From: Psychosocial competencies and risky behaviours in Peru

   

Drinking

Drugs

Unprotected

Criminal

Carried

No. of

 

Smoking

Drinking

& violence

consumption

sex.

beh.

a weapon

risky beh.

Child aspired for higher education, age 12

−0.118

−0.031

−0.018

−0.112

0.034

−0.315**

−0.160**

−0.387*

 

(0.105)

(0.469)

(0.723)

(0.127)

(0.671)

(0.013)

(0.011)

(0.050)

Child is male

0.229***

0.244***

0.268***

0.112***

−0.032

0.112***

0.023

0.575***

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.001)

(0.486)

(0.009)

(0.208)

(0.000)

Age in R4

0.106***

0.120**

0.110**

0.029

−0.014

−0.000

−0.027

0.215**

 

(0.002)

(0.010)

(0.013)

(0.280)

(0.760)

(0.996)

(0.206)

(0.048)

Type site - rural, age 8

−0.099***

−0.272***

−0.301***

−0.032*

−0.101

−0.078

−0.069

−0.574***

 

(0.000)

(0.001)

(0.000)

(0.070)

(0.343)

(0.249)

(0.259)

(0.000)

Migrated between age 8 and 15

0.121**

0.177**

0.181**

0.107***

0.140**

0.098

−0.009

0.536***

 

(0.014)

(0.039)

(0.043)

(0.002)

(0.013)

(0.294)

(0.845)

(0.000)

Second tercile of wealth, age 8

0.031

0.125*

0.101

0.018

0.003

0.023

0.003

0.180

 

(0.536)

(0.058)

(0.123)

(0.658)

(0.940)

(0.738)

(0.939)

(0.141)

Third tercile of wealth, age 8

0.009

0.138**

0.129*

0.074

0.066

−0.013

−0.025

0.262*

 

(0.893)

(0.012)

(0.057)

(0.234)

(0.260)

(0.868)

(0.455)

(0.085)

Mother’s education - secondary school

−0.005

−0.085**

−0.033

0.016

−0.008

−0.037

−0.030

−0.112

 

(0.911)

(0.038)

(0.409)

(0.649)

(0.871)

(0.367)

(0.109)

(0.197)

Mother’s education - higher education

−0.032

−0.091

−0.059

−0.037

−0.096*

0.014

−0.003

−0.260

 

(0.661)

(0.266)

(0.544)

(0.544)

(0.055)

(0.884)

(0.930)

(0.209)

Single parent, age 8

0.048

0.005

0.023

0.079

0.086

0.098

0.031

0.250

 

(0.361)

(0.898)

(0.616)

(0.132)

(0.101)

(0.245)

(0.304)

(0.132)

Child has older siblings

−0.005

0.018

0.035

0.013

−0.030

−0.002

−0.008

−0.012

 

(0.853)

(0.656)

(0.372)

(0.705)

(0.280)

(0.977)

(0.586)

(0.878)

Number of siblings, age 8

−0.013

−0.021

−0.026*

0.003

0.002

0.029

0.011

−0.018

 

(0.183)

(0.179)

(0.090)

(0.698)

(0.879)

(0.161)

(0.381)

(0.544)

Standardized values of (raven), age 8

−0.007

−0.001

−0.005

−0.012

0.008

0.030

0.003

−0.009

 

(0.592)

(0.968)

(0.763)

(0.471)

(0.708)

(0.282)

(0.842)

(0.788)

Number of observations

524

524

524

524

524

524

524

524

R-squared

0.178

0.188

0.190

0.098

0.097

0.088

0.099

0.176

  1. Note: The table reports the estimates of the linear probability model with standard errors (in parentheses) clustered at cluster level, * p<0.1 ** p<0.05 *** p<0.01. All controls were included as reported together with dummy variables for the cluster that individuals were recruited in the 2002 round; coefficients for these are not reported