Table 2 The effect of housework participation on student’s prosocial behavior development.

From: The impact of housework participation on prosocial behavior development among junior high school students in China

Variables

(1) Prosocial behavior total scores

(2) Helping elders

(3) Following orders and lining up

(4) Being nice and honest

Housework participation 1 = yes 0 = no

0.618***

0.352***

0.157***

0.109***

(0.087)

(0.039)

(0.038)

(0.030)

Students characteristics

 Age (Years)

−0.095**

−0.019

−0.056***

−0.021

(0.040)

(0.020)

(0.018)

(0.013)

 Male 1 = yes 0 = no

−0.409***

−0.045

−0.159***

−0.205***

(0.056)

(0.027)

(0.024)

(0.019)

 Boarding at school 1 = yes 0 = no

0.141

0.125***

0.004

0.011

(0.095)

(0.037)

(0.048)

(0.028)

 Only child 1 = yes 0 = no

0.072

0.000

0.052*

0.019

(0.071)

(0.028)

(0.028)

(0.028)

 Leftbehid students 1 = yes 0 = no

−0.200***

−0.026

−0.077***

−0.097***

(0.070)

(0.033)

(0.028)

(0.028)

Family characteristics

 Father has high school education or above 1 = yes 0 = no

0.234***

0.038

0.127***

0.069***

(0.056)

(0.026)

(0.026)

(0.021)

 Mother has high school education or above 1 = yes 0 = no

0.136**

0.079**

0.021

0.036

(0.064)

(0.031)

(0.028)

(0.027)

 And family economic status was at the lowest level 1 = yes 0 = no

−0.064

−0.034

−0.012

−0.017

(0.066)

(0.028)

(0.031)

(0.025)

 Rural students 1 = yes 0 = no

−0.109*

−0.034

−0.021

−0.054**

(0.059)

(0.027)

(0.025)

(0.022)

 County fixed effects

YES

YES

YES

YES

 Constant

10.149***

2.316***

4.068***

3.766***

(0.557)

(0.288)

(0.261)

(0.179)

 R-squared

0.068

0.054

0.067

0.048

Observations

8678

8678

8678

8678

  1. Each coefficient represents a separate regression, and all regressions include student and family Characteristics. Standard errors in parentheses, clustered at the school level.
  2. *, **, and *** indicate statistical significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% level, respectively.
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