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Table 5 Sibling and neighbor correlations inside and outside Winnipeg

From: Adolescent outcomes and opportunities in a Canadian province: looking at siblings and neighbors

 

Winnipeg

Outside Winnipeg

Variables

N = 11,728

N = 17,944

Sibling correlations

  

Continuous outcomes

  

Language arts index

0.449 (0.429–0.469)

0.575 (0.561–0.589)

Health status (ADG morbidity score)

0.475 (0.455–0.495)

0.467 (0.451–0.483)

Hospital and physician costs

0.321 (0.298–0.344)

0.260 (0.241–0.279)

Binary outcomes

  

Not in grade 12 at appropriate age

0.594 (0.560–0.628)

0.650 (0.627–0.673)

Teenage pregnancy*

0.467 (0.394–0.540)

0.576 (0.528–0.625)

Received income assistance (age 18–19)

0.637 (0.586–0.689)

0.651 (0.606–0.697)

Neighbor correlations (unadjusted)

  

Continuous outcomes

  

Language arts index

0.043 (0.017–0.069)

0.038 (0.017–0.059)

Health status

0.011 (-0.015–0.037)

0.019 (-0.002–0.040)

Hospital and physician costs

0.019 (-0.007–0.045)

0.037 (0.016–0.058)

Binary outcomes

  

Not in grade 12 at appropriate age

0.316 (0.271–0.360)

0.316 (0.286–0.346)

Teenage pregnancy

0.186 (0.101–0.271)

0.368 (0.308–0.428)

Received income assistance (age 18–19)

0.331 (0.256–0.407)

0.350 (0.280–0.420)

Neighbor correlations (adjusted)

  

Continuous outcomes

  

Language arts index

0.016 (-0.010–0.042)

0.030 (0.009–0.050)

Health status

0.008 (-0.018–0.034)

0.011 (-0.010–0.032)

Hospital and physician costs

0.020 (0.000–0.040)

0.031 (0.011–0.052)

Binary outcomes

  

Not in grade 12 at appropriate age

0.101 (0.045–0.158)

0.105 (0.069–0.140)

Teenage pregnancy

0.037 (-0.063–0.138)

0.120 (0.045–0.194)

Received income assistance (age 18–19)

0.083 (-0.022–0.189)

0.182 (0.089–0.226)

  1. The N refers to the number of individuals (twice the number of same-sex pairs matched with their neighbors) in the study sample. The N for “Teenage Pregnancy” is given in Table 4.
  2. Confidence intervals (95%) are in parentheses.
  3. Statistically significant differences: p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.