Table 5:
Determinants of permissiveness in 2006.
Probit models
Linear Regression
1
2
3
4
Willingness to justify
Claiming government benefits to which you are not entitled
Avoiding a fare on public transport
Cheating on taxes if you have a chance
Someone accepting a bribe in the course of their duties
Probability of being permissive
9.68%
12.84%
5.14%
4.42%
Man
0.008
0.013
−0.006
−0.008
−0.058
(0.021)
(0.024)
(0.015)
(0.014)
(0.076)
Age
0.000
−0.002**
−0.001
0.000
−0.005**
(0.001)
(0.001)
(0.001)
(0.001)
(0.002)
Incomplete secondary
−0.031
−0.021
−0.033**
−0.028*
−0.202**
(0.023)
(0.028)
(0.016)
(0.015)
(0.100)
Complete secondary
−0.061**
−0.068**
−0.027*
−0.022
−0.300**
(0.022)
(0.028)
(0.015)
(0.015)
(0.124)
University
−0.084***
−0.057*
−0.047***
−0.028*
−0.523***
(0.020)
(0.031)
(0.013)
(0.015)
(0.124)
Single
0.053
0.024
−0.016
0.010
0.010
(0.042)
(0.041)
(0.021)
(0.025)
(0.131)
Married
0.000
−0.030
−0.002
0.003
−0.027
(0.023)
(0.025)
(0.016)
(0.016)
(0.082)
No children
−0.022
−0.061*
0.010
0.008
0.095
(0.030)
(0.033)
(0.026)
(0.024)
(0.128)
One child
−0.048*
0.000
0.013
0.013
0.125
(0.023)
(0.030)
(0.022)
(0.021)
(0.097)
Attendance
−0.030
0.001
0.015
−0.005
−0.051
(0.029)
(0.037)
(0.028)
(0.022)
(0.114)
God
−0.012***
−0.007*
−0.008***
−0.007***
−0.060***
(0.004)
(0.004)
(0.003)
(0.002)
(0.013)
Unemployed
0.141
−0.030
0.057*
0.005
0.068
(0.194)
(0.035)
(0.038)
(0.027)
(0.135)
Full time
−0.244
−0.043*
−0.007
0.005
−0.146*
(0.113)
(0.014)
(0.016)
(0.016)
(0.082)
Income
0.043**
0.009
0.016***
0.012***
0.092***
(0.025)
(0.007)
(0.005)
(0.004)
(0.023)
Patriotism
−0.026**
0.002
−0.028***
−0.015
−0.221***
(0.016)
(0.019)
(0.011)
(0.011)
(0.079)
Centre
0.027
0.041
0.047**
0.002
0.211***
(0.025)
(0.028)
(0.021)
(0.017)
(0.079)
Right
0.077***
0.058*
0.024
0.032*
0.332***
(0.033)
(0.034)
(0.023)
(0.020)
(0.104)
Montevideo
−0.026
−0.035
−0.043***
−0.031**
−0.320***
(0.021)
(0.024)
(0.015)
(0.014)
(0.080)
Observations
923
923
923
923
923
Pseudo
R
-squared
0.09
0.04
0.11
0.08
R
-squared
0.11
Notes: (1) robust standard errors in parentheses.
(2) *significant at 10%; **significant at 5%; ***significant at 1%.