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Table 3 Risk difference and odds ratios for long-term sickness or disability with 95% confidence intervals between the ages 24 and 29 years for school dropouts compared with school completers within each stratum of propensity score for dropping out of high school (N=6612)

From: High school dropout and long-term sickness and disability in young adulthood: a prospective propensity score stratified cohort study (the Young-HUNT study)

 

N Medical benefits

  RD (CI)

  OR (CI)

Lowest propensity

79

18.1 (2.3 to 33.9)

4.76 (2.00 to 11.37)

Medium low

120

16.4 (5.8 to 27.1)

3.16 (1.78 to 5.63)

Medium propensity

142

18.7 (10.3 to 27.2)

3.43 (2.20 to 5.33)

Medium high

159

11.0 (4.7 to 17.3)

2.20 (1.50 to 3.23)

Highest propensity

239

19.5 (14.1 to 24.8)

3.11 (2.31 to 4.18)

  1. Risk difference (RD, in %, with 95% CI) and odds ratios (OR, with 95% CI).