Table 2

Effect of eligibility to the 1959 Berthoin reform on average school leaving age and odds of leaving school after the age of 16, by gender and parental SEP during adolescence in the 2012 French Labor Force Survey (n=72 133)

MenWomen
β95% CIOR95% CIβ95% CIOR95% CI
All respondents0.240.12 to 0.361.491.30 to 1.700.240.12 to 0.361.931.69 to 2.21
High parental SEP−0.03−0.52 to 0.460.840.27 to 2.62−0.222−0.63 to 0.181.0120.33 to 3.11
Intermediate parental SEP0.03−0.23 to 0.291.060.80 to 1.390.098−0.07 to 0.271.581.25 to 1.99
Low parental SEP0.330.19 to 0.471.691.47 to 1.960.3530.19 to 0.522.051.76 to 2.39
  • The ordinary least square estimates measure the effect of the reform on average school leaving age while ORs measure the effect of the reform on the odds of leaving school after the age of 16. All models control for age, age squared, month of birth, birth cohort relative to the cut-off point, interacted with the treatment. SEs are clustered at the month of birth level. The bandwidth is fixed at 48 months.

  • SEP, socioeconomic position.