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

BMC Public Health

Table 7 Means, proportions, and sibling outcomes by residential mobility

	Residential mobility
	Zero moves		One move		Two or more moves
Outcomes	N = 16,914		N = 7,184		N = 5,574
Continuous outcomes (mean)
Language arts index	0.078	(0.063–0.094)	0.089	(0.066–0.112)	-0.352	(-0.377–-0.327)
Health status (ADG morbidity score)	8.686	(8.595–8.776)	9.389	(9.245–9.532)	10.064	(9.833–10.244)
Hospital and physician costs	$1,052	($984–$1,121)	$1,094	($961–$1,228)	$1,446	($1,299–$1,594)
Binary outcomes (proportion)
Not in grade 12 at appropriate age	0.274	(0.267–0.281)	0.265	(0.255–0.275)	0.458	(0.445–0.471)
Teenage pregnancy	0.101	(0.094–0.107)	0.110	(0.100–0.120)	0.267	(0.250–0.284)
Received income assistance (age 18–19)	0.030	(0.027–0.032)	0.042	(0.037–0.047)	0.139	(0.130–0.148)
Sibling correlations
Continuous outcomes
Language arts index	0.560	(0.545–0.575)	0.500	(0.475–0.525)	0.531	(0.504–0.558)
Health status (ADG morbidity score)	0.483	(0.467–0.500)	0.480	(0.455–0.505)	0.470	(0.441–0.500)
Hospital and physician costs	0.287	(0.268–0.307)	0.276	(0.246–0.307)	0.283	(0.249–0.317)
Binary outcomes
Not in grade 12 at appropriate age	0.655	(0.632–0.679)	0.604	(0.563–0.644)	0.614	(0.572–0.656)
Teenage pregnancy	0.524	(0.462–0.584)	0.434	(0.337–0.532)	0.471	(0.392–0.550)
Received income assistance (age 18–19)	0.661	(0.606–0.717)	0.587	(0.503–0.671)	0.549	(0.487–0.612)

For Outcomes:
Statistically significant differences between Zero Moves and One Move: Health Status, Received Income Assistance (p < 0.01).
Statistically significant differences between Zero Moves and Two or More Moves: All outcomes (p < 0.01).
For Correlations:
Statistically significant differences between Zero Moves and One Move: LA Index and Not in Grade 12 at Appropriate Age (p < 0.01).
Statistically significant differences between Zero Moves and Two or More Moves: Received Income Assistance (p < 0.05).

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