Table 2b.
Young adult functional status | Group I, no observed risk (n = 561) | Group II, emerged risk (n = 41) | Group III, reduced risk (n = 112) | Group IV, persisted risk |(n = 45) | F statistic across the four groups | Significant differences |
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Employed | 0.72 (405) | 0.54 (22) | 0.77 (86) | 0.60 (27) | 3.66** | III > II |
Employed full-time | 0.43 (243) | 0.24 (10) | 0.52 (58) | 0.27 (12) | 4.8*** | III > II, IV |
Post–high school education | 0.59 (333) | 0.36 (15) | 0.60 (67) | 0.44 (20) | 3.87*** | I > II & II < III* |
Not in school and not working | 0.13 (75) | 0.32 (13) | 0.11 (12) | 0.22 (10) | 4.67*** | II > I, III |
Public assistance | 0.10 (55) | 0.12 (5) | 0.14 (16) | 0.24 (11) | 3.12** | IV > I |
Note: Dichotomous variables for functional status were coded as yes = 1, no = 0. Scores represent proportion of cases answering “yes.” Sub-sample (all yes’s) sizes in parentheses.
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