Robustness check for taking the student loan
| Coeff | p-value | Coeff | p-value | Coeff | p-value | Coeff | p-value | Coeff | p-value | Coeff | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.050 | 0.006*** | 0.048 | 0.016** | 0.05 | 0.013** | 0.048 | 0.016** | 0.049 | 0.014** | 0.051 | 0.005*** |
| Sex (female = 1) | −0.117 | 0.055* | −0.098 | 0.123 | −0.090 | 0.159 | −0.078 | 0.230 | −0.075 | 0.245 | −0.102 | 0.086* |
| BACKGROUND | 0.066 | 0.501 | 0.056 | 0.588 | 0.053 | 0.610 | 0.061 | 0.557 | 0.055 | 0.591 | 0.105 | 0.268 |
| INDEPENDENCE | 0.000 | 0.997 | 0.010 | 0.942 | −0.018 | 0.893 | −0.015 | 0.913 | −0.001 | 0.992 | ||
| Budget surplus | 0.000 | 0.985 | 0.000 | 0.960 | 0.000 | 0.936 | 0.000 | 0.987 | 0.000 | 0.589 | ||
| ASPIRATION | 0.177 | 0.214 | 0.159 | 0.269 | 0.136 | 0.349 | 0.100 | 0.488 | −0.071 | 0.598 | ||
| PERFORMANCE | −0.015 | 0.729 | −0.012 | 0.780 | −0.007 | 0.882 | 0.016 | 0.689 | ||||
| Talent management program | 0.081 | 0.243 | 0.097 | 0.169 | 0.087 | 0.213 | 0.021 | 0.748 | ||||
| Patience | −0.053 | 0.860 | −0.042 | 0.887 | −0.037 | 0.893 | ||||||
| Risk-taking | 0.000 | 0.234 | 0.000 | 0.200 | 0.000 | 0.179 | ||||||
| No present bias | −0.300 | 0.216 | −0.266 | 0.276 | −0.160 | 0.479 | ||||||
| ATTITUDE | −0.282 | 0.032** | −0.231 | 0.056* | ||||||||
| Knowledge: loan | −0.057 | 0.331 | ||||||||||
| Knowledge: savings | −0.028 | 0.821 | ||||||||||
| Knowledge: arbitrage | 0.590 | 0.000*** |
| Coeff | Coeff | Coeff | Coeff | Coeff | Coeff | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ||||||||||||
| Sex (female = 1) | −0.098 | 0.123 | −0.090 | 0.159 | −0.078 | 0.230 | −0.075 | 0.245 | ||||
| BACKGROUND | 0.066 | 0.501 | 0.056 | 0.588 | 0.053 | 0.610 | 0.061 | 0.557 | 0.055 | 0.591 | 0.105 | 0.268 |
| INDEPENDENCE | 0.000 | 0.997 | 0.010 | 0.942 | −0.018 | 0.893 | −0.015 | 0.913 | −0.001 | 0.992 | ||
| Budget surplus | 0.000 | 0.985 | 0.000 | 0.960 | 0.000 | 0.936 | 0.000 | 0.987 | 0.000 | 0.589 | ||
| ASPIRATION | 0.177 | 0.214 | 0.159 | 0.269 | 0.136 | 0.349 | 0.100 | 0.488 | −0.071 | 0.598 | ||
| PERFORMANCE | −0.015 | 0.729 | −0.012 | 0.780 | −0.007 | 0.882 | 0.016 | 0.689 | ||||
| Talent management program | 0.081 | 0.243 | 0.097 | 0.169 | 0.087 | 0.213 | 0.021 | 0.748 | ||||
| Patience | −0.053 | 0.860 | −0.042 | 0.887 | −0.037 | 0.893 | ||||||
| Risk-taking | 0.000 | 0.234 | 0.000 | 0.200 | 0.000 | 0.179 | ||||||
| No present bias | −0.300 | 0.216 | −0.266 | 0.276 | −0.160 | 0.479 | ||||||
| ATTITUDE | ||||||||||||
| Knowledge: loan | −0.057 | 0.331 | ||||||||||
| Knowledge: savings | −0.028 | 0.821 | ||||||||||
| Knowledge: arbitrage |
Note(s): ***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1
In the linear regression models, the dependent variable is whether the student took up student loans for any purposes
Source(s): Authors’ own work