Naslov
Multivariate Analysis of Misbehavior of the Youth in Croatia

Autori
Rozga, Ante ; Bacci, Ivan ; Ćapin, Josip

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute 56th Session / Ivette Gomes, Jose Pinto Martins - Lisabon : International Statistical Institute, 2007

Skup
International Statistical Institute 56th Session

Mjesto i datum
Lisabon, Portugal, 22.08.2008. - 29.08.2008

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
multivarijantna analiza; logistička regresija; loše ponašanje omladine
(multivariate analysis; logistic regression; misbehavior of the youth)

Sažetak
We have been studying misbehavior of the youth aged 14 - 18 in Croatia. The variables studied as dependents were: drug abuse, cigarette smoking, alcohol abuse and problems in education. We have taken sample of 2855 students from elementary and high schools from various parts of Croatia, with stratification on big cities, small cities, villages and island settlements. The students were asked to answer the following questions (among others): their gender, if they live with their biological parents, if their parents have been divorced, if their father has been employed, if their mother has been employed, type of behavior among family members, financial problems in the family, possible psychiatric problems within the family, did they had some problems in childhood, are their parents very tough in education, do they have problems in school such as leaving temporarily school premises, if they sometimes escape from their home, possible court punishment and breaching the law, alcoholism in family and cigarette smoking in family. We used binary and multinomial logistic regression to investigate significance and the strength of the influence of these covariates on dependent variables. We have also concentrated our attention an odds ratios. The results were different depending of the place of living (city, village and island settlement). We also obtained classification table which is very satisfactory. The majority of covariates proved significant thus marking more or less strong influence on misbehavior of the Croatian youth.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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Ekonomija

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