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Table 6 Means, proportions, and sibling correlations by income quintile of residence (Winnipeg)

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

 

Quintile of residence

Outcomes

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5

Continuous outcomes (mean)

     

Language arts index

-0.49

-0.04

0.16

0.36

0.57

Health status (ADG morbidity score)

10.06

10.15

10.23

10.28

10.32

Hospital and physician costs

$1,231

$1,216

$1,184

$1,104

$1,140

Binary outcomes (Proportion)

     

Not in grade 12 at appropriate age

.524

.298

.210

.132

.087

Teenage pregnancy

.309

.197

.122

.081

.063

Received income assistance (age 18–19)

.204

.104

.063

.024

.017

Sibling correlations

Continuous outcomes

     

Language arts index

0.540 (0.457–0.623)

0.468 (0.395–0.541)

0.377 (0.311–0.443)

0.338 (0.286–0.390)

0.302 (0.252–0.352)

Health status (ADG morbidity score)

0.493 (0.411–0.575)

0.466 (0.393–0.539)

0.475 (0.407–0.543)

0.461 (0.408–0.514)

0.484 (0.430–0.538)

Hospital and physician costs†

0.372 (0.294–0.450)

0.357 (0.287–0.427)

0.294 (0.230–0.358)

0.305 (0.254–0.356)

0.285 (0.235–0.335)

Binary outcomes

     

Not in grade 12 at appropriate age

0.672 (0.594–0.751)

0.544 (0.454–0.634)

0.471 (0.380–0.574)

0.391 (0.294–0.488)

0.285 (0.160–0.411)

Teenage pregnancy*

0.516 (0.365–0.667)

0.377 (0.217–0.537)

0.283 (0.086–0.479)

0.367 (0.187–0.548)

0.220 (0.000–0.458)

Received income assistance (age 18–19)

0.497 (0.383–0.612)

0.531 (0.404–0.658)

0.636 (0.512–0.760)

0.533 (0.357–0.708)

0.572 (0.383–0.761)

N (except as noted)

1,436

1,756

2,032

3,196

3,304

  1. The N for “Teenage Pregnancy” ranged from 644 to 1,548 females.
  2. Trend in continuous outcomes estimated by linear regression; in binary outcomes by Cochrane-Armitage test.
  3. Trend in correlations estimated in PROC NLIMIXED.
  4. *p for trend <0.05, p for trend <0.01.