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Table 12 Effect of other independent variables on NEET Status and subjects’ choice - OLS Results from Model 3

From: Youth unemployment and personality traits

 

NEET

Core NEET

NEET Years

Has 5+ GCSE with grade A*-C

−0.155 (0.011)***

−0.049 (0.006)***

−0.230 (0.017)***

HH income >31,200£

−0.031 (0.015)**

−0.011 (0.009)

−0.041 (0.024)*

Income betw. 11,400£ - 31,200£

−0.009 (0.013)

0.001 (0.008)

−0.003 (0.021)

Birth weight

−0.008 (0.009)

−0.001 (0.006)

−0.021 (0.015)

Premature birth

−0.033 (0.017)*

−0.006 (0.010)

−0.050 (0.028)*

Has older siblings

0.025 (0.005)***

0.008 (0.003)***

0.037 (0.008)***

Grandparents went to university

−0.010 (0.017)

−0.006 (0.010)

−0.018 (0.027)

Child has disabilty

0.024 (0.014)*

0.002 (0.008)

0.032 (0.022)

Main parent has disability

0.022 (0.012)*

−0.002 (0.007)

0.013 (0.020)

Mother –University degree

−0.046 (0.020)**

−0.021 (0.012)*

−0.087 (0.032)***

Mother – Other Higher Education

−0.047 (0.019)**

−0.034 (0.011)***

−0.105 (0.031)***

Mother senior high school gr.

−0.057 (0.018)***

−0.031 (0.011)***

−0.107 (0.030)***

Mother junior high school gr.

−0.028 (0.016)*

−0.023 (0.010)**

−0.066 (0.026)**

Mother has low qualification

−0.007 (0.020)

0.006 (0.012)

−0.009 (0.033)

Mother has other qualification

−0.002 (0.030)

−0.015 (0.018)

−0.032 (0.048)

Male

0.022 (0.010)**

0.002 (0.006)

0.026 (0.016)*

Single parent at birth

0.050 (0.013)***

0.008 (0.008)

0.060 (0.022)***

Mother younger than 20 at birth

0.027 (0.021)

0.022 (0.013)*

0.051 (0.034)

Black

−0.054 (0.022)**

−0.016 (0.013)

−0.074 (0.036)**

Asian

−0.071 (0.018)***

−0.027 (0.011)**

−0.108 (0.029)***

Mixed

−0.019 (0.020)

−0.013 (0.012)

−0.048 (0.033)

Mother unemployed at wave 1

0.011 (0.044)

0.101 (0.027)***

0.155 (0.072)**

Mother out of the labour force at Wave 1

0.041 (0.012)***

0.026 (0.007)***

0.084 (0.020)***

Single mother at wave 1

0.032 (0.014)**

0.017 (0.008)**

0.057 (0.022)***

Constant

0.246 (0.037)***

0.080 (0.022)***

0.402 (0.060)***

R 2

0.14

0.06

0.12

N

5180

5180

5180

  1. Note: Standard errors are in brackets. *indicates that the underlying coefficient is significant at 10% level, ** at 5% and ***at 1%