From: Adolescent outcomes and opportunities in a Canadian province: looking at siblings and neighbors
Quintile of residence | |||||
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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 |