Journal of Population Sciences
Covariate | Response categories |
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Age at interview | Continuous variable |
Area of residence during teenage years | North-west of Italy (ref.), north-east, center, south-islands, abroad |
Population size of the municipality of residence during teenage years | Less than 10,000 (ref.), between 10,000 and 100,000, more than 100,000 |
Parents’ education level | Both low (junior high school or lower) (ref.), father low/mother high (high school diploma or higher), father high/mother low, both high |
Father’s social class | High (manager, entrepreneur, executive, professional) (ref.), medium (employee, teacher, shopkeeper, artisan), low (agricultural worker, manual worker, shop assistant) |
Mother worked during teenage years | Yes (ref.), no |
Relationship with father | Absent/deceased (ref.), distant, balanced, intense |
Relationship with mother | Absent/deceased (ref.), distant, balanced, intense |
Parents divorced before the respondent was 16 | Never of after age 16 (ref.), yes |
Reaction to parents’ rules as a teen | Accepted (ref.), negotiated, refused, did not live with parents |
Parents permitted respondent to return home late on Saturday nights during teenage years | No (ref.), yes |
Body mass index at interview | Underweight (ref.), slightly underweight, normal, overweight, obese |
Had at least three health problems during teenage years (e.g., eating disorder, insomnia, strong acne issues, stuttering, serious hearing or vision problems, excessive sweating of the hands, enuresis, halitosis) | No (ref.), yes |
Satisfied with own physical appearance during teenage years | No (ref.), not much, almost, yes |
Graduation score upon completion of middle school and high school | Both low (ref.), high/low, low/high, both high |
Type of high school attended | Lyceum (ref.), technical school, vocational school |