'It would be a problem for the family': queerness, family honour and familism in Chile.

Family honour, protecting and upholding the family name, is central to familism. Yet, it has been somewhat neglected by scholarship on Latin American and Latino families. Familism involves prioritising the family over the individual. Likewise, the family of origin holds particular significance, offering material, social and emotional support, and shaping one's identity, honour and sense of belonging. Heteronormativity and patriarchy portray queer individuals as the causes of family shame. This study examined how family honour, as a component of familism, operates within kin dynamics, specifically focusing on same-sex cohabitation, as this living arrangement serves as a tangible expression of a non-normative sexual orientation. A life course perspective was used to study 24 cases of cohabiting lesbian, gay and bi/pansexual individuals in Chile. The results show the enduring significance of families in providing support, sociability, identity, and a sense of belonging. Nevertheless, it reveals notable instances of family rejection towards queer kin. In Chile, both families of origin and queer individuals employ subtle strategies to conceal their queerness, guided by notions of 'respect' associated with family honour and decency. These strategies involve unspoken agreements to maintain family bonds through discreet displays of queer behaviour without explicit acknowledgement of sexual identity.

Access to Higher Education and Adolescent Fertility in Chile.

This study investigates gender differences in the association between adolescent fertility and the likelihood of initiating higher education among young Chilean men and women. We adopt an entropy balancing strategy to estimate the association between adolescent fertility and the likelihood of starting higher education while accounting for potential selection into early childbearing due to socioeconomic status and prior academic achievement. We use data from official national registers that cover a cohort of Chilean students who attended publicly funded schools and who successfully completed secondary schooling between 2011 and 2022. Our results indicate that adolescent mothers are 15 percentage points less likely to initiate higher education than their peers who did not give birth during adolescence. In comparison, teenage fathers are 20 percentage points less likely to do so than their childless counterparts. Our findings stand in contrast to previously identified disadvantage patterns for secondary school completion, whereby adolescent fertility more significantly hinders schooling completion for women relative to men. We contend that this reversal may be related to traditional gender-role expectations in Chile, which encourage young fathers to act as providers and, therefore, may be prevented from continuing on their education path into tertiary studies.

Upscaling the effect of traits in response to drought: The relative importance of safety-efficiency and acquisitive-conservation functional axes.

We tested the idea that functional trade-offs that underlie species tolerance to drought-driven shifts in community composition via their effects on demographic processes and subsequently on shifts in species' abundance. Using data from 298 tree species from tropical dry forests during the extreme ENSO-2015, we scaled-up the effects of trait trade-offs from individuals to communities. Conservative wood and leaf traits favoured slow tree growth, increased tree survival and positively impacted species abundance and dominance at the community-level. Safe hydraulic traits, on the other hand, were related to demography but did not affect species abundance and communities. The persistent effects of the conservative-acquisitive trade-off across organizational levels is promising for generalization and predictability of tree communities. However, the safety-efficient trade-off showed more intricate effects on performance. Our results demonstrated the complex pathways in which traits scale up to communities, highlighting the importance of considering a wide range of traits and performance processes.

Ambiente matemático de niños y niñas chilenos: Factores que explican las actividades matemáticas en el hogar / Home math environment of Chilean boys and girls: Factors that explain home math activities

Resumen Introducción: el estudio analizó (a) las diferencias entre madres y padres en sus actividades matemáticas en el hogar y en otros factores del ambiente matemático (actitudes, ansiedad, creencias y expectativas matemáticas) y (b) la asociación entre los factores del ambiente matemático y las actividades matemáticas en el hogar. Método: participaron 266 familias de niños y niñas chilenos de primer a tercer grado de primaria (edad promedio = 93.35 meses, DE = 11.45 meses). Ambos padres contestaron un cuestionario sobre matemáticas en el hogar. Resultados: las madres reportaron realizar actividades matemáticas con mayor frecuencia que los padres. Análisis de ecuaciones estructurales mostraron que las actividades matemáticas realizadas por los padres se relacionaron con sus creencias, actitudes y expectativas matemáticas; mientras que las de las madres se relacionaron con sus creencias, actitudes y género de los niños. Conclusiones: los hallazgos aportan a la comprensión del ambiente matemático en el hogar.

Abstract Introduction: The study analyzes (a) the differences between mothers and fathers in their home math activities and home math environment factors (math attitudes, anxiety, beliefs, and expectations) and (b) the associations among the home math environment factors and home math activities of Chilean families. Method: Participants were 266 families of boys and girls attending grades 1-3 (mean age = 93.35 months, DS = 11.45 months). Both parents of each child independently answered a home math questionnaire. Results: Mothers reported doing more math activities with their children than fathers. The structural equation model analyses showed that the frequency with which fathers engage in home math activities was related to their math beliefs, attitudes, and expectations, whereas maternal home math activities were related to their beliefs, attitudes, and the gender of the child. Conclusions: The findings contribute to the understanding of the home math environment.

Access to the Emergency Contraceptive Pill and Women's Reproductive Health: Evidence From Public Reform in Chile.

We examine the sharp expansion in availability of the emergency contraceptive pill in Chile following legalized access through municipal public health care centers. We study the period 2002-2016 and a broad rollout of the emergency contraceptive pill occurring between 2008 and 2011. By combining a number of administrative data sets on health outcomes and pharmaceutical use, and using event-study and difference-in-differences methods, we document that this expansion improved certain classes of women's reproductive health outcomes, notably reducing rates of abortion-related morbidity. These improvements were greater in areas of the country where the rollout of the emergency contraceptive pill was more extensive. We also document some evidence that refusal to provide the emergency contraceptive pill upon a women's request was linked with a worsening in reproductive health outcomes. These results point to the importance of contraceptive access as a determinant of women's reproductive health and well-being and relates to a growing body of work documenting the importance of women's autonomy as a determinant of health.

Gender differences in high-school dropout: Vulnerability and adolescent fertility in Chile.

The original concerns about the consequences of adolescent fertility assumed that pregnancy is a turning point, which altered teens' life trajectories in terms of school progress, human capital accumulation and labor force participation, placing them on a path of vulnerability. However, several years of research have shown that teenagers who become pregnant are not a random sample of the population, but a selective sample, more likely to have limited socioeconomic resources and other characteristics that made them a vulnerable group to begin with. This paper studies the association between adolescent fertility and high school dropout in Chile taking that selectivity in consideration. We analyze the dropout of teen men and women, considering their socioeconomic status, sociodemographic characteristics, and characteristics of their sexual debut. Data comes the VIII Chilean Survey of the Youth, a nationally representative survey of people 15-29 years old applied in 2015. In order to deal with selectivity issues, we use a combination of propensity score weighting techniques and adjusted generalized linear models for estimating the effect of teen parenthood on high school dropout (ATT), for men and women separately. Our best estimates of the effect of teen parenting on the probability of high school dropout is 16-18 percent for women and ten percent for men, which implies that the educational setback of parenthood for women is about twice as high as the setback of men. These findings suggest the need of policies and interventions aimed both to reduce adolescent fertility, but also to facilitate the high school completion of those who already are parents.

Diverging functional strategies but high sensitivity to an extreme drought in tropical dry forests.

Extreme drought events have negative effects on forest diversity and functioning. At the species level, however, these effects are still unclear, as species vary in their response to drought through specific functional trait combinations. We used long-term demographic records of 21,821 trees and extensive databases of traits to understand the responses of 338 tropical dry forests tree species to ENSO2015 , the driest event in decades in Northern South America. Functional differences between species were related to the hydraulic safety-efficiency trade-off, but unexpectedly, dominant species were characterised by high investment in leaf and wood tissues regardless of their leaf phenological habit. Despite broad functional trait combinations, tree mortality was more widespread in the functional space than tree growth, where less adapted species showed more negative net biomass balances. Our results suggest that if dry conditions increase in this ecosystem, ecological functionality and biomass gain would be reduced.

Una nueva mirada a los determinantes del peso infantil en la primera infancia / A new examination of the determinants of weight in early childhood

INTRODUCCIÓN: En las últimas décadas, Chile ha experimentado una triple transición demográfica, nutricional y eco nómica. OBJETIVO: Explorar la relación entre peso infantil y dos aspectos del nivel socioeconómico, ingreso familiar y educación materna, estudiando el efecto de cada uno por si solo y la manera en que operan juntos para determinar el peso infantil y comparar su efecto en menores obesos y en otro estatus de peso. SUJETOS Y MÉTODO: Estudio de fuentes secundarias de datos obtenidos de la En cuesta Longitudinal de Primera Infancia de 2012, analizando niños y niñas entre 2 y 6 años de edad (n = 11.339). Se estimaron modelos multivariados de regresión cuantílica para el puntaje z del índice de masa corporal (zIMC). RESULTADOS: En niños, entre 2 y 3 años, el ingreso y peso infantil tuvieron una asociación positiva, mientras que educación materna y peso infantil una negativa. Entre los 4 y 6 años, ingreso y peso infantil tuvieron una asociación negativa entre hijos de madres con estudios superiores, pero positiva entre hijos de madres con más baja educación. CONCLUSIÓN: Ingreso familiar y educación materna tienen efectos opuestos en el peso infantil. El efecto positivo de ingreso sobre zIMC es mitigado en casos de madres con altos logros educativos. Recomendamos estudiar el efecto de ingreso y educación en el peso infantil por separado e investigar los mecanismos causales que ex plican la relación entre determinantes socioeconómicos y peso infantil.

INTRODUCTION: In the last decades, Chile has experienced a triple transition regarding demographic, nutritional, and economic issues. OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between childhood weight and two dimen sions of socioeconomic status, family income, and maternal educational level, analyzing the effect of each one by itself and how they operate together to determine childhood weight and comparing their effect on obese and non-obese children. SUBJECTS AND METHOD: Study based on data from the 2012 Encuesta Longitudinal de Primera Infancia (Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey), evaluating children between 2 and 6 years old (n=11,399). We estimated multivariate quantile regression models for the z-score of the body mass index (BMI-z). RESULTS: We found that in children aged 2-3 years, income and weight had a positive association, while maternal educational level and weight had a negative one. In children aged 4-6 years, income and weight were negatively associated among chil dren whose mothers have a higher educational level but positive among those with lower educational levels. CONCLUSION: Family income and maternal educational level have opposite effects on childhood weight. The positive effect of income on BMI-z is diminished when mothers have high educational levels. We recommend studying the effects of income and education on child weight separately and exploring the causal mechanisms that explain the relations between socioeconomic determinants and childhood weight.

[A new examination of the determinants of weight in early childhood]. / Una nueva mirada a los determinantes del peso infantil en la primera infancia.

INTRODUCTION: In the last decades, Chile has experienced a triple transition regarding demographic, nutritional, and economic issues. OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between childhood weight and two dimen sions of socioeconomic status, family income, and maternal educational level, analyzing the effect of each one by itself and how they operate together to determine childhood weight and comparing their effect on obese and non-obese children. SUBJECTS AND METHOD: Study based on data from the 2012 Encuesta Longitudinal de Primera Infancia (Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey), evaluating children between 2 and 6 years old (n=11,399). We estimated multivariate quantile regression models for the z-score of the body mass index (BMI-z). RESULTS: We found that in children aged 2-3 years, income and weight had a positive association, while maternal educational level and weight had a negative one. In children aged 4-6 years, income and weight were negatively associated among chil dren whose mothers have a higher educational level but positive among those with lower educational levels. CONCLUSION: Family income and maternal educational level have opposite effects on childhood weight. The positive effect of income on BMI-z is diminished when mothers have high educational levels. We recommend studying the effects of income and education on child weight separately and exploring the causal mechanisms that explain the relations between socioeconomic determinants and childhood weight.

Situación socioeconómica familiar y neurodesarrollo de prematuros de muy bajo peso al nacer a los dos años de edad / Family socioeconomic situation and neurodevelopment of very low birth weight premature babies at two years of age

La relación entre neurodesarrollo y contexto social ha sido poco estudiada. Este artículo buscó caracterizar a las familias donde crecen los prematuros de muy bajo peso al nacer con nivel socioeconómico bajo y medio bajo y explorar la posible asociación entre las características socio-familiares y el neurodesarrollo a los dos años. Métodos: Prematuros en seguimiento de un hospital público de Santiago de Chile nacidos entre 2009 y 2012 con encuestas retrospectivas sobre aspectos familiares y sociales, y datos de la evolución clínica fueron analizados. Se evaluó la relación entre los datos biológicos y sociales con neurodesarrollo normal o en déficit. Resultados: 162 casos fueron analizados, 32 por ciento fueron considerados con déficit de neurodesarrollo. Las variables biológicas asociadas con el déficit de neurodesarrollo fueron peso al nacer menor a 1000 g. (p < 0,001), uso de ventilación mecánica (p < 0,001), oxígeno dependencia a las 36 semanas edad corregida (EC) (p < 0,001), sepsis tardía (p < 0,001), hemorragia intra-cerebral (p < 0,05), leucomalacia (p < 0,05), hidrocefalia (p < 0,05), convulsiones en período neonatal (p < 0,01) y enterocolitis necrotizante (p < 0,01). Los padres contaban con educación media y superior y se mantuvieron como parejas estables durante el período evaluado. El problema de consumo de alcohol a nivel familiar se asoció con déficit de neurodesarrollo (p<0,05). Conclusiones: Las familias en general tienen los recursos socioeconómicos y de estructura relacionados con desarrollo infantil. Los determinantes biológicos pesaron más que los sociales para el desarrollo infantil.(AU)

Research is scarce on the association between neurodevelopment and social context. This paper aimed to characterize the families of children born preterm, with very low birthweight and of low socioeconomic status, and to explore the relation between socio-familial variables and neurodevelopment when children were two years old. Methods: We used a sample of infants who attended the well-child visits at a public hospital in Santiago de Chile, who were born between 2009 and 2012. Data came from the medical register and a retrospective survey applied to the children's primary caregivers, which covered the social variables. We analyzed the relation between biological and social characteristics of children and their neurodevelopmental deficit. Results: Out of 162 cases, 2 percent were considered to have neurodevelopmental deficit. The biological variables related to neurodevelopmental deficit were extreme low birthweight (p < 0.001), mechanic ventilation (p < 0.001), oxygen therapy at week 36 (p < 0.001), late-onset sepsis (p < 0.001), intraventricular hemorrhage (p < 0.05), leukomalacia (p < 0.05), hydrocephalus (p < 0.05), seizures (p < 0.01) and necrotising enterocolitis (p < 0.01). Most parents had at least complete secondary education and remained and as stable couple during the observed period. Problematic alcohol use by any member of the family was negatively related to the children's neurodevelopmental deficit (p<0.05). Conclusion: Most families have the socioeconomic resources and the family structure typically related with child development. The biological determinants of child development were more important than its social determinants.(AU)

Educational Inequalities among Latin American Adolescents: Continuities and Changes over the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

The goal of this paper is to examine recent trends in educational stratification for Latin American adolescents growing up in three distinct periods: the 1980s, during severe recession; the 1990s, a period of structural adjustments imposed by international organizations; and the late 2000s, when most countries in the region experienced positive and stable growth. In addition to school enrollment and educational transitions, we examine the quality of education through enrollment in private schools, an important aspect of inequality in education that most studies have neglected. We use nationally representative household survey data for the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s in Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay. Our overall findings confirm the importance of macroeconomic conditions for inequalities in educational opportunity, suggesting important benefits brought up by the favorable conditions of the 2000s. However, our findings also call attention to increasing disadvantages associated with the quality of the education adolescents receive, suggesting the significance of the EMI framework-Effectively Maintained Inequality-and highlighting the value of examining the quality in addition to the quantity of education in order to fully understand educational stratification in the Latin American context.