Table 2.
Round 9 Sociodemographic variables and Round 8 Mental Health Status by Gender and Trajectory Groups
| Males
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Females
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High (N = 1623) | Decreased (N = 498) | Increased (N = 1420) | Low (N = 628) | High (N = 1712) | Decreased (N = 248) | Increased (N = 1451) | Low (N = 628) | |
| Employed (%) | X2(3) = 55.7, p < .0001** | X2(3) = 3.7, p = .29 | ||||||
| 90.6 | 77.7 | 89.9 | 88.2 | 87.2 | 86.0 | 88.9 | 89.5 | |
| Marital status (%) | X2(6) = 120.6, p < .0001** | X2(6) = 155.0, p < .0001** | ||||||
| Never married | 80.1 | 95.6 | 84.3 | 95.9 | 69.0 | 93.3 | 77.5 | 90.3 |
| Married | 17.4 | 3.0 | 14.3 | 3.9 | 26.5 | 3.6 | 21.0 | 8.8 |
| Separated/divorced | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| Mental health scale (M, SD) | F(3,3370) = 2.3, p = .07 | F(3,3478) = 9.9, p < .0001** | ||||||
| 15.8 (2.5) | 15.9 (2.4) | 16.0 (2.3) | 15.9 (2.3) | 14.9 (2.5) | 15.3 (2.8) | 15.3 (2.4) | 15.5 (2.4) | |
| Joined military (%)a | X2(3) = 20.1, p = .002** | X2(3) = 7.7, p = .052 | ||||||
| 9.2 | 7.2 | 9.0 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 1.1 | |
| Ever repeated a grade (%) | X2(3) = 82.9, p < .0001** | X2(3) = 23.7, p < .0001** | ||||||
| 25.7 | 42.6 | 19.0 | 17.1 | 15.7 | 28.4 | 14.8 | 12.3 | |
| Highest grade competed (M, SD) | F(3,3437) = 107.4, p < .0001** | F(3,3457) = 107.5, p < .0001** | ||||||
| 12.3 (2.3) | 11.6 (2.1) | 13.2 (2.2) | 13.7 (2.3) | 12.6 (2.4) | 12.1 (2.6) | 13.6 (2.2) | 14.4 (2.0) | |
| Number of times pregnant/got someone pregnant (M, SD) | F(3,4036) = 146.1, p < .0001** | F(3,3669) = 157.4, p < .0001** | ||||||
| 0.9 (1.2) | 0.6 (1.0) | 0.4 (0.7) | 0.1 (0.4) | 1.7 (1.6) | 1.1 (1.4) | 0.8 (1.2) | 0.3 (0.6) | |
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01
a
Military service included Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Reserves, or National Guard.