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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of high school dropouts and high school completers (N= 6612)

From: High school dropout and long-term sickness and disability in young adulthood: a prospective propensity score stratified cohort study (the Young-HUNT study)

 

School dropouts (n=910)

School completers (n=5702)

Demographics

    

 Age, mean, yr

16.09

(15.86-16.11)

16.10

(16.04-16.14)

 Male

58.57

(55.36-61.77)

47.42

(46.13-49.72)

Maternal education level

    

 Primary

41.09

(37.90-44.30)

23.41

(22.31-24.51)

 Intermediate

47.14

(43.90-50.39)

50.84

(49.54-52.14)

 Tertiary

11.79

(10.68-13.85)

25.75

(24.61-26.88)

Health

    

 1 or more somatic disease

24.73

(21.92-27.53)

19.66

(18.63-20.69)

 Symptom load, mean

1.60

(1.49-1.70)

1.31

(1.26-1.35)

 High psychological distress, mean

1.52

(1.48-1.56)

1.45

(1.43-1.46)

 Concentration problems

36.59

(33.46-39.72)

21.76

(20.70-22.84)

 Insomnia

14.07

(11.81-16.33)

9.53

(8.76-10.28)

 Poor self-rated health

17.14

(14.69-19.59)

9.27

(8.52-10.03)

Health behavior

    

 BMI

    

 Overweight

18.46

(15.94-20.98)

13.47

(12.58-14.36)

 Obese

5.49

(4.01-6.98)

2.59

(2.18-3.01)

 Smoking

34.62

(31.52-37.71)

18.82

(17.80-19.83)

 No physical activity

19.67

(17.09-22.25)

10.93

(10.12-11.74)

Psychosocial factors

    

 Self-esteem, mean

2.95

(2.91-2.98)

3.05

(3.03-3.06)

 Subjective well-being, mean

2.86

(2.80-2.93)

2.68

(2.65-2.70)

 Loneliness, mean

2.10

(2.03-2.16)

2.01

(1.97-2.03)

 Traditional family

59.12

(55.92-62.32)

77.50

(76.41-78.58)

School-related factors

    

 Reading and writing difficulties

15.60

(13.24-17.96)

6.42

(5.78-7.05)

 Being bullied, mean

1.23

(1.19-1.26)

1.16

(1.15-1.17)

 Disease-related school absence

9.67

(7.75-11.59)

3.95

(3.44-4.45)

 Aspiration for higher education

38.57

(35.41-41.91)

46.62

(45.32-47.91)

 Academic problems, mean

2.15

(2.12-2.18)

1.87

(1.86-1.89)

 School-related dissatisfaction, mean

2.40

(2.36-2.44)

2.26

(2.25-2.28)

 School-related conduct, mean

1.59

(1.56-1.62)

1.45

(1.44-1.46)

  1. The numbers are proportions (in %), unless stated otherwise, with 95% confidence intervals between parentheses.