Is there a relationship between schooling and risky health behaviors in Colombia?

Ana Iregui, Ligia Alba Melo-Becerra () and Maria Ramirez-Giraldo
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Ligia Melo ()

Revista Cuadernos de Economia, 2019, vol. 38, issue 77, 365-395

Abstract: Abstract: This paper uses the National Health Survey to analyze the relationship between education and risky health behaviors, namely smoking, heavy drinking, obesity, and unsafe sexual behavior, by estimating the education gradient. We also provide evidence on the effect of education, socio-economic and knowledge variables on these health behaviors by gender and area of residence. The results indicate that there is a negative and significant effect of years of schooling on the probability of smoking, whereas the probability of heavy drinking and unsafe sexual behaviors increase with education, highlighting the importance of social and cultural factors. ****** Resumen: Este artículo utiliza la Encuesta Nacional de Salud para analizar la relación entre educación y comportamientos riesgosos para la salud, como fumar, tomar en exceso, ser obeso y tener comportamientos sexuales riesgosos, estimando el gradiente de la educación. Se proporciona evidencia sobre el efecto de la educación, y de variables socioeconómicas y de conocimiento por género y área de residencia. Los resultados indican que existe un efecto negativo y significativo de la educación en la probabilidad de fumar mientras que la probabilidad de beber en exceso y de tener comportamientos sexuales riesgosos aumenta con la educación, destacando la importancia de factores sociales y culturales.

Keywords: Education; risky health behaviors; logit; Colombia; educación; comportamientos riesgosos para la salud; logit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 I1 I12 I20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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