Table 2 Distributions of mental health across characteristics of the 16–29-year-old participants, with number of participants (n), column percentages (%) and Chi Square tests (p-value)
From: Mental health and school dropout across educational levels and genders: a 4.8-year follow-up study
Participants | Poor mental health | Good mental health | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Gender | ||||
Females | 1617 (51.4) | 468 (62.1) | 1149 (48.0) | <.0001 |
Males | 1529 (48.6) | 285 (37.9) | 1244 (52.0) | |
Age | ||||
16–20 | 1293 (41.1) | 299 (39.7) | 994 (41.5) | 0.4052 |
21–25 | 1009 (32.1) | 238 (31.6) | 771 (32.2) | |
26–30 | 844 (26.8) | 216 (28.7) | 628 (26.2) | |
Parental Education | ||||
Elementary School | 385 (12.2) | 102 (13.6) | 283 (11.8) | 0.4218 |
Upper secondary | 1619 (51.5) | 386 (51.3) | 1233 (51.5) | |
Higher | 1142 (36.3) | 265 (35.2) | 877 (36.7) | |
Ethnicity | ||||
Ethnic Danes | 3077 (97.8) | 730 (97.0) | 2347 (98.1) | 0.0643 |
Non-ethnic Danes | 69 (2.2) | 23 (3.0) | 46 (1.9) | |
Educational activities | ||||
Student, Elementary school | 241 (7.7) | 48 (6.4) | 193 (8.1) | <.0001 |
Student, Vocational secondary | 508 (16.2) | 99 (13.2) | 409 (17.1) | |
Student, General secondary | 648 (20.6) | 158 (21.0) | 490 (20.5) | |
Student, Higher education | 368 (11.7) | 100 (13.3) | 268 (11.2) | |
Early school leavers | 204 (6.5) | 79 (10.5) | 125 (5.2) | |
Vocational educated | 557 (17.7) | 127 (16.9) | 430 (18.0) | |
General secondary educated | 389 (12.4) | 97 (13.0) | 292 (12.2) | |
Higher educated | 231 (7.3) | 45 (6.0) | 186 (7.8) | |
Parental income | ||||
Low | 1048 (33.3) | 296 (39.3) | 752 (31.4) | 0.0003 |
Middle | 1048 (33.3) | 226 (30.0) | 822 (34.4) | |
High | 1050 (33.3) | 231 (30.7) | 819 (34.22) | |
Dropout during follow up | ||||
Yes | 124 (8.1) | 40 (11.2) | 84 (7.2) | 0.0154 |
No | 1400 (91.9) | 317 (88.8) | 1083 (92.8) | |