标题：Association of risk behaviours, socio-economic characteristics and academic progress in adolescents: an analysis of the 1993 birth cohort in Pelotas, Brazil
期刊名称：International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
印刷版ISSN：0267-3843
电子版ISSN：2164-4527
出版年度：2019
卷号：24
期号：4
页码：1-11
DOI：10.1080/02673843.2018.1564932
出版社：Taylor and Francis Ltd
摘要：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.
