Factores que determinan la continuidad en los niveles de educación de la primaria a la secundaria y terciaria en el Ecuador. Análisis empírico basado en un modelo secuencial para el año 2010

Abstract

This research is part of the analysis of continuity in the different levels of education a person and establish the factors that determine that outcome, emphasizing greater attention in the family. Thus, it takes into account four levels of education such as primary, now called General Basic Education (EGB), which involves ten years of study, including what was called Basic Cycle (third year now tenth year of EGB); the aforementioned secondary (that went to sixth grade), now called High School, and is the years: First, Second and Third Unified School General and Technical (BGU), which would be called complete if attending secondary and Tertiary (University in our environment). It is analyzed on the basis of data for 2010, the Household Income and Expenditure National Survey of Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment (ENEMDU). It is considered necessary to establish which factors are influencing the decision to study; so, one must determine whether social, economic family environments influence either positively or negatively to the decision to continue or not studying. A sequential logit model is constructed from four logit models, respectively conditioned the decision to end the primary, attend school, attend and complete tertiary applies. The results of these evaluations will indicate what are the determinants and socioeconomic characteristics in the level of education a person acquires and likely to meet the different educational levels.