Table 4

Factors associated with the number of hours Brazilian students spend on school activities during remote learning (ordered logit model in the odds ratio format)

VariablesStudy hours
(1)(2)
Received information from the school (dummy = not received)
A lot or a little (enough)1.281***28.1%
(0.117) 
Not enough1.33433.4%
(0.251) 
Guardian can help with school tasks (cannot help)
Can help (always, most of the time, sometimes)2.785***178.5%
(0.544) 
The student is progressing in their learning (dummy = completely agree)
Partially agrees0.774**−22.6%
(0.089) 
Neither agrees nor disagrees0.664
(0.274) 
Partially disagrees0.581***−41.9%
(0.067) 
Completely disagrees0.414***−58.6%
(0.051) 
Does not know0.575
(0.288) 
Student’s gender (female 1)1.223**22.3%
(0.099) 
Student’s age
Between 11 and 15 years old1,002
(0.187) 
Older than or 16 years old0.771−22.9%
(0.172) 
Color/ethnicity (POC 1)1.074
(0.106) 
Type of school (state 1)1.486***48.6%
(0.149) 
Level of education
Late years of elementary school1.803***80.3%
(0.333) 
High school2.059***105.9%
(0.450) 
Guardian’s gender (female 1)0.969
(0.096) 
Guardian’s age0.989**−1.1%
(0.005) 
Guardian’s color/ethnicity (POC 1)0.939
(0.100) 
Level of education
Primary/incomplete elementary0.876
(0.210) 
Complete elementary1.243
(0.321) 
Incomplete lower secondary0.860
(0.212) 
Complete upper secondary0.956
(0.226) 
Incomplete college0.931
(0.270) 
College0.816
(0.234) 
Post-graduate0.813
(0.303) 
Guardian’s occupation (dummy = unemployed)
Employed1.121
(0.155) 
Public servant1.054
(0.243) 
Autonomous or independent professional, freelancer, odd jobs1.196
(0.165) 
Businessperson1.594*59.4%
(0.403) 
Stay-at-home parent1.279
(0.194) 
Retired1.741*74.1%
(0.541) 
Student, intern or apprentice0.990
(0.398) 
Living off income1.314
(0.462) 
More0.759
(0.201) 
Household income (dummy <BRL 1,046.00)
From BRL 1,046.00 to BRL 2,090.001.082
(0.115) 
From BRL 2,091.00 to BRL 3,135.000.906
(0.141) 
From BRL 3,136.00 to BRL 5,225.000.764
(0.142) 
BRL 5,226.00 or more1.008
(0.247) 
Household with broadband Internet (1 no)0.912
(0.0881) 
How many computers or laptops with Internet access are available in the household1.066
(0.063) 
How many TVs with Internet access are available in the household1.049
(0.0671) 
How many cellphones with Internet access are available in the household1.054
(0.0404) 
Are there children and teenagers (6 to 18 years old) in the household? How many?0.869***−13.1%
(0.0472) 
Are there children older than the student in the household?1.005
(0.111) 
Type of city (dummy = capital city)
Other cities in the metropolitan area1.292**
(0.165) 
Inland (not the capital city)1.393***39.3%
(0.137) 
Region (dummy = Southeast)
South1.222
(0.149) 
Northeast1.069
(0.122) 
Midwest1.523***52.3%
(0.229) 
North0.850
(0.115) 
Wave 21.020
(0.085) 
Observations2,236 

Note(s): 1. The robust standard error is between parentheses. 2. *, ** and *** represent a confidence of 90, 95 and 99% respectively

Source(s): Prepared by the authors

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