The cigarette and adolescents in Brazil: the importance of human capital of mother for students of ninth year of fundamental education in 2015

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https://doi.org/10.11606/1980-5330/ea135347

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cigarette, teenager, mother's schooling, PENSE survey

Abstract

This paper analyses empirically the influence of mother’s schooling on adolescent’s decision to try or use cigarette. Estimates consider the micro data from survey PENSE 2015 of IBGE, and cover more than 100 thousand adolescents in the ninth year of Brazilian elementary school. Results by a PROBIT model allow to conclude that mothers with more human capital reduce the odds of child to try or use cigarettes between 0.2% and 0.36%. The trend pointed out by model is that older adolescents, and with smoking father or mother has more probability of experimentation or use of cigarettes.

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  • Ronivaldo Steingraber, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

    Professor do Departamento de Economia e Relações Internacionais da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

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2022-06-01

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How to Cite

Steingraber, R. (2022). The cigarette and adolescents in Brazil: the importance of human capital of mother for students of ninth year of fundamental education in 2015. Economia Aplicada, 26(2), 203-220. https://doi.org/10.11606/1980-5330/ea135347