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Table 8 Educational Aspirations at age 15 on participation in risky behaviours at age 19, with gender interactions

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 15

−0.107

−0.175

−0.156

−0.071

−0.201**

−0.287

−0.162

−0.717*

 

(0.469)

(0.209)

(0.365)

(0.443)

(0.012)

(0.117)

(0.119)

(0.051)

Male x Child aspired for higher education, age 15

0.030

0.098

0.112

−0.090

0.229

0.107

0.206*

0.473

 

(0.868)

(0.616)

(0.618)

(0.436)

(0.122)

(0.594)

(0.070)

(0.298)

Child is male

0.193

0.138

0.150

0.212**

−0.244

0.029

−0.167

0.132

 

(0.243)

(0.446)

(0.472)

(0.047)

(0.131)

(0.890)

(0.143)

(0.750)

Age in R4

0.091**

0.098**

0.097**

0.036

−0.006

−0.006

−0.026

0.193*

 

(0.010)

(0.042)

(0.028)

(0.121)

(0.904)

(0.877)

(0.354)

(0.071)

Type site - rural, age 15

−0.086

−0.282***

−0.234***

0.022

0.048

0.105

0.021

−0.276

 

(0.354)

(0.000)

(0.009)

(0.725)

(0.495)

(0.279)

(0.490)

(0.101)

Migrated between 15 and 18

0.071

0.153*

0.178*

0.027

0.147

−0.118

−0.073*

0.325

 

(0.304)

(0.077)

(0.071)

(0.712)

(0.107)

(0.309)

(0.076)

(0.174)

Second tercile of wealth, age 15

−0.014

0.074

0.073

−0.009

−0.005

−0.072

−0.007

0.038

 

(0.829)

(0.267)

(0.296)

(0.806)

(0.915)

(0.170)

(0.808)

(0.803)

Third tercile of wealth, age 15

−0.105

0.060

0.033

−0.025

0.050

−0.044

−0.035

−0.054

 

(0.139)

(0.442)

(0.743)

(0.654)

(0.438)

(0.514)

(0.144)

(0.762)

Mother’s education - secondary school

0.037

−0.031

0.022

0.027

0.036

−0.002

−0.023

0.046

 

(0.382)

(0.451)

(0.590)

(0.440)

(0.488)

(0.943)

(0.324)

(0.554)

Mother’s education - higher education

0.042

−0.013

0.038

0.039

−0.078

0.057

0.002

−0.008

 

(0.525)

(0.863)

(0.640)

(0.538)

(0.157)

(0.543)

(0.950)

(0.964)

Single parent, age 15

0.068

0.036

0.087

0.070

0.138***

0.160**

0.045

0.357**

 

(0.292)

(0.509)

(0.115)

(0.195)

(0.008)

(0.023)

(0.125)

(0.021)

Child has older siblings

−0.002

0.037

0.046

0.028

−0.046

0.006

−0.002

0.015

 

(0.950)

(0.383)

(0.243)

(0.404)

(0.133)

(0.929)

(0.924)

(0.875)

Number of siblings, age 15

−0.015

−0.017

−0.008

0.008

−0.001

0.041

0.017

−0.007

 

(0.285)

(0.337)

(0.707)

(0.399)

(0.955)

(0.105)

(0.198)

(0.836)

Chils is enrolled, age 15

−0.042

−0.062

−0.105

0.046

−0.026

−0.192

−0.035

−0.120

 

(0.683)

(0.587)

(0.292)

(0.619)

(0.735)

(0.111)

(0.703)

(0.578)

PPVT z-score, age 15

−0.052**

−0.029

−0.008

−0.041

0.035

−0.023

0.010

−0.076

 

(0.046)

(0.504)

(0.834)

(0.186)

(0.270)

(0.651)

(0.530)

(0.401)

Math z-score, age 15

0.013

0.001

−0.020

−0.016

−0.015

−0.006

−0.017

−0.033

 

(0.527)

(0.920)

(0.327)

(0.448)

(0.606)

(0.775)

(0.203)

(0.406)

Number of observations

490

490

490

490

490

490

490

490

R-squared

0.201

0.188

0.188

0.121

0.108

0.118

0.097

0.177

  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