Table 1 Health Factors, Sociodemographic Background, and Academic Achievement: Descriptive Statistics by Educational Aspirations, % (n)
From: Health and educational aspirations in adolescence: a longitudinal study in Finland
Applied for vocational track | Applied for both tracks | Applied for academic track | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire = SDQ, 7th grade | ||||
Normal | 78.7 (873) | 80.6 (1.002) | 89.1 (2.900) | 85.2 (4.775) |
Slightly raised | 14.1 (156) | 13.7 (170) | 8.3 (270) | 10.6 (596) |
High difficulty score | 7.2 (79) | 5.7 (71) | 2.6 (85) | 4.2 (235) |
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire = SDQ, 9th grade | ||||
Normal | 63.0 (698) | 66.8 (830) | 80.0 (2.603) | 73.7 (4.131) |
Slightly raised | 19.6 (217) | 19.3 (240) | 13.2 (431) | 15.8 (888) |
High difficulty score | 17.4 (193) | 13.9 (173) | 6.8 (221) | 10.5 (587) |
Daily health complaints, 7th grade | ||||
No symptoms | 73.7 (818) | 73.6 (915) | 79.3 (2.583) | 76.9 (4.316) |
One symptom | 15.6 (173) | 15.4 (191) | 12.6 (409) | 13.8 (773) |
Two or more | 10.7 (119) | 11.1 (138) | 8.2 (266) | 9.3 (523) |
Daily health complaints, 9th grade | ||||
No symptoms | 69.2 (768) | 68.9 (857) | 73.2 (2.386) | 71.5 (4.011) |
One symptom | 13.6 (151) | 14.0 (174) | 14.5 (471) | 14.2 (796) |
Two or more | 17.2 (191) | 17.1 (213) | 12.3 (401) | 14.3 (805) |
Long-term illness,7th grade | ||||
No long-term illness | 69.1 (767) | 71.4 (888) | 72.8 (2.370) | 71.7 (4.025) |
Long-term illness | 12.9 (143) | 12.9 (160) | 12.5 (409) | 12.7 (712) |
Medicine prescribed | 18.0 (200) | 15.7 (196) | 14.7 (478) | 15.6 (874) |
Long-term illness, 9th grade | ||||
No long-term illness | 58 (639) | 63 (778) | 60 (1.958) | 60 (3.375) |
Long-term illness | 14 (159) | 14 (174) | 16 (507) | 15 (840) |
Medicine prescribed | 28 (312) | 23 (292) | 24 (792) | 25 (1.396) |
Self-rated health, 7th grade | ||||
Good | 86.7 (963) | 84.6 (1.051) | 91.2 (2.968) | 88.8 (4.982) |
Average or poor | 13.3 (148) | 15.4 (191) | 8.8 (288) | 11.2 (627) |
Self-rated health, 9th grade | ||||
Good | 78.7 (874) | 81.6 (1.014) | 87.6 (2.851) | 84.5 (4.739) |
Average or poor | 21.3 (237) | 18.4 (228) | 12.4 (405) | 15.5 (870) |
Gende | ||||
Girl | 34.8 (387) | 45.7 (569) | 57.0 (1.857) | 50.1 (2.813) |
Boy | 65.2 (724) | 54.3 (675) | 43 (1.401) | 49.88 (2.800) |
Immigrant background | ||||
Native | 94.5 (1.050) | 92.9 (1.155) | 93.4 (3.044) | 93.5 (5.249) |
Immigrant | 5.5 (61) | 7.2 (89) | 6.6 (214) | 6.5 (364) |
Parental employment | ||||
Both parents working | 84.7 (914) | 88.4 (1.078) | 91.1 (2.946) | 89.3 (4.938) |
Other | 15.3 (165) | 11.6 (141) | 8.9 (288) | 10.7 (594) |
Parental education | ||||
High | 43.0 (478) | 65.8 (818) | 82.4 (2.684) | 70.9 (3.980) |
Low | 57.0 (633) | 34.2 (426) | 17.6 (574) | 29.1 (1.633) |
Family structure | ||||
Nuclear family | 53.2 (591) | 62.1 (772) | 73.9 (2.407) | 67.2 (3.770) |
Other | 46.8 (520) | 37.9 (472) | 26.1 (851) | 32.8 (1.843) |
School performance | ||||
High | 1.1 (12) | 10.0 (124) | 49.7 (1.618) | 31.3 (1.754) |
Medium | 28.9 (321) | 56.2 (699) | 47.3 (1.542) | 45.7 (2.562) |
Low | 70.0 (776) | 33.8 (420) | 3.0 (98) | 23.1 (1.294) |