Patterns, Consequences, and Possible Causes of Dropout in Upper Secondary Education in Mexico
Table 3
Association between having dropped out of school, at ages 15–18 and risk related variables, 2010.
Independent variable
National sample
Control variables
Size of household
0.002
Rural
0.017
Sex
−0.014
Married or cohabiting
0.031
Medical service
−0.032
Education household head
−0.008
Education of spouse
−0.008
Head speaks indigenous language
0.014
Head unemployed
0.003
Index of assets
−0.008
Oportunidades scholarship
−0.005
Risk-related variables
Absent parent
0.020
Lives with partner
0.017
Has experienced violence from partner
0.039
Had sex before age 15
0.019
Has been forced to have sex
−0.003
Has been pregnant or gotten someone pregnant
0.040
Number of children born
0.010
Smokes cigarettes regularly
0.012
Drinking alcohol regularly
0.022
Uses drug regularly
0.096
Source: own estimations from the National Youth Survey (ENJ) for 2010. *, **, and *** represent statistical significance at 10%, 5%, and 1%, respectively.
