TABLE 3—
Weighted Estimates From Ordered Logistic Regression Models Predicting Self-Rated Health: National Longitudinal Study of Youth, 1979
| Highest Degree Attained by 24–26 Years of Age |
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| Highest Degree Attained by Midlife | No Degree (n = 1428), OR (95% CI) | GED (n = 666), OR (95% CI) | High School Diploma (n = 4301), OR (95% CI) | Other Degreea (n = 334), OR (95% CI) | Associate's Degree (n = 450), OR (95% CI) |
| No degree | 1.00 | ||||
| GED | 0.88 (0.65, 1.18) | 1.00 | |||
| High school diploma | 0.77 (0.50, 1.17) | 1.10 (0.18, 6.68) | 1.00 | ||
| Other degreea | 1.78 (0.34, 9.47) | 1.57 (0.57, 4.27) | 0.46 (0.24, 0.89) | 1.00 | |
| Associate's degree | 0.54 (0.16, 1.78) | 0.82 (0.35, 1.94) | 0.80 (0.61, 1.06) | 0.75 (0.31, 1.82) | 1.00 |
| Bachelor's or graduate degree | 0.30 (0.11, 0.83) | 0.94 (0.32, 2.75) | 0.66 (0.52, 0.85) | 0.28 (0.13, 0.63) | 0.62 (0.41, 0.96) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; GED = general equivalency diploma; OR = odds ratio. Adjusted for race/ethnicity, gender, birth cohort, respondent's nativity, parents’ nativity, parent's education, poverty status at 24–26 years of age, marital status at 24–26 years of age, health limitations at 24–26 years of age, and in active military forces at 24–26 years of age. Self-rated health coded 1 = excellent to 5 = poor.
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Other post–high school degree or certificate.