From: Health and educational success in adolescents: a longitudinal study
n = observations | Did not enrol in higher education (n = 1 675) | Enrolled in higher education (n = 3 680) |
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Girls | 39 | 54 |
Immigrant background | ||
Native background | 71 | 77 |
Non-Western background | 20 | 13 |
Western background | 8 | 9 |
Health measures | ||
Log birthweight (mean) | 8.12 | 8.14 |
Apgar score (mean) | 9.04 | 9.11 |
Gestational length (mean) | 39.6 | 39.6 |
Health in adolescence | ||
Poor | 14 | 10 |
Good | 56 | 55 |
Very good | 28 | 35 |
Psychological distress (mean) | 1.47 | 1.44 |
Parental education | ||
Primary school | 23 | 6 |
High school | 47 | 25 |
Undergraduate | 22 | 38 |
Graduate | 6 | 30 |
Parental wealth and income | ||
Wealth (log) | −0.56 | 28 |
Income (log) | −0.52 | 29 |
Two-parent household | 57 | 72 |
Physical exercise (mean) | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Smoking habits | ||
Never smoked | 48 | 65 |
Quit or smokes sometimes | 27 | 25 |
Smokes every day | 24 | 10 |
Alcohol consumption | ||
Never or once | 51 | 53 |
2–3 times or more | 49 | 47 |
Social support | ||
Feel close to friends | 67 | 69 |
Feel close to family | 69 | 76 |
Expect to obtain a college education | 27 | 67 |
Grades in grade 10 | −0.65 | 27 |
Absence from school due to pain (mean) | 1.8 | 1.5 |