Association of risk behaviours, socio-economic characteristics and academic progress in adolescents: an analysis of the 1993 birth cohort in Pelotas, Brazil.

Autor: Triaca LM; Department of Economics, Federal University of Rio Grande Foundation (Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG), Rio Grande, Brazil., Bertoldi AD; Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas (Universidade Federal de Pelotas - UFPel), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., Jacinto PA; Department of Economics, Federal University of Paraná (Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR), Paraná, Brazil., Gonçalves H; Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas (Universidade Federal de Pelotas - UFPel), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., Menezes AMB; Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas (Universidade Federal de Pelotas - UFPel), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., Barros AJD; Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas (Universidade Federal de Pelotas - UFPel), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., Tejada CAO; Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas (Universidade Federal de Pelotas - UFPel), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of adolescence and youth [Int J Adolesc Youth] 2019 Jan 11; Vol. 24 (4), pp. 474-483. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Jan 11 (Print Publication: 2019).
DOI: 10.1080/02673843.2018.1564932
Abstrakt: To analyze how socio-economic factors and behavioural characteristics are related to the failure of academic progress. Data of the 1993 Birth Cohort of the city of Pelotas, Brazil, were analyzed using four follow-up waves. As a measure of the failure of academic progress, we used indicators of the age-grade gap. We analyzed the association of demographic, socio-economic, and behavioural characteristics. Factors associated with failure of academic progress were assessed through logistic regression. There are a higher odds of the age-grade gap when the adolescent is not white, man, of low socio-economic status, whose parents have low schooling and living in large families. In relation to risk behaviours, alcohol and tobacco consumption represent higher odds of the age-grade gap at age 18. The results show that socio-economic factors and behavioural characteristics are important predictors of academic progress. Public policies that seek to promote education should be targeted at the most vulnerable groups, decreasing the observed inequalities.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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