Table 5 Descriptive statistics of individual control variables
From: Scars of early non-employment for low educated youth: evidence and policy lessons from Belgium
Variable | Obs | Mean | Std. Dev. | Min | Max | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Birth cohort76 | 1902 | 0.33 | 0.47 | 0 | 1 | 1 if born in 1976 |
Birth cohort78 | 1902 | 0.33 | 0.47 | 0 | 1 | 1 if born in 1978 |
Birth cohort80 | 1902 | 0.34 | 0.47 | 0 | 1 | 1 if born in 1980 |
Live in single-parent | 1902 | 0.12 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | 1 if live with single parent at age17(Dec) |
Not live with parents | 1902 | 0.06 | 0.24 | 0 | 1 | 1 if not live with either parents at age17(Dec) |
HH members aged 0–11 | 1902 | 0.25 | 0.62 | 0 | 7 | nr of other HH members aged0–11 at age17(Dec) |
HH members aged 12–17 | 1902 | 0.51 | 0.69 | 0 | 7 | nr of other HH members aged12–17 at age17(Dec) |
HH members aged 18–29 | 1902 | 0.52 | 0.73 | 0 | 8 | nr of other HH members aged18–29 at age17(Dec) |
HH members aged 30–64 | 1902 | 1.89 | 0.40 | 0 | 5 | nr of other HH members aged30–64 at age17(Dec) |
HH members aged 65+ | 1902 | 0.04 | 0.21 | 0 | 2 | nr of other HH members aged65+ at age17(Dec) |
Father education | 1902 | 4.59 | 3.20 | 0 | 13 | Father completed education since age12 |
Mother education | 1902 | 4.21 | 3.06 | 0 | 13 | Mother completed education since age12 |
Years of delay in sec.edu | 1902 | 0.83 | 0.84 | –1 | 4 | Years of delay at age17(Aug) |
General education | 1902 | 0.11 | 0.31 | 0 | 1 | 1 if general edu at age17(Aug) |
Technical education | 1902 | 0.38 | 0.49 | 0 | 1 | 1 if technical edu at age17(Aug) |
Vocational education | 1902 | 0.41 | 0.49 | 0 | 1 | 1 if vocational edu at age17(Aug) |
Apprenticeship/PT edu | 1902 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0 | 1 | 1 if apprenticeship/PT edu at age17(Aug) |