Research Article

When Do People Become Adults? The Uruguayan Case

Table 2

Description and mean value of independent variables.

VariableDescriptionMean

Man1 if respondent is a man and 0 in other cases38%
Age 30–441 if respondent is between 30 and 44 years old and 0 in other cases27%
Age 45–641 if respondent is between 45 and 64 years old and 0 in other cases32%
Age 651 if respondent is 65 years old or older and 0 in other cases20%
Education 6–91 if respondent’s years of education are between 6 and 9 and 0 in other cases43%
Education 10–121 if respondent’s years of education are between 10 and 12 and 0 in other cases24%
Education 131 if respondent’s years of education are 13 or more and 0 in other cases21%
Subjective incomeSelf-placement in 10-point-income scale4.58 points
Married1 if respondent is married or living as married and 0 in other cases36%
Single1 if respondent is single and 0 in other cases22%
Has a child or children1 if respondent has at least one child and 0 in other cases75%
Catholic1 if respondent indicates to be raised in the Catholic religion and 0 in other cases53%
Evangelist1 if respondent indicates to be raised in the Evangelist religion and 0 in other cases9%
Religiosity1 if respondent attends to religious services at least once a week and 0 in other cases13%
Employed full time1 if respondent works full time and 0 in other cases49%
Employed in public sector1 if respondent works for the government or in a public owned firm and 0 in other cases15%
Self-employed1 if respondent is self-employed and 0 in other cases27%
Unemployed1 if respondent is unemployed and 0 in other cases6%
Resides in Montevideo1 if respondent lives in Montevideo (the capital city) and 0 in other cases48%