Table 3.

Educational degree, years of education, certification, and the risk of death (hazard ratios), U.S. adult respondents ages 25⁺, 1985-2009

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
	No Degree (N=2,276)
Years of education	0.99		0.99
Certification		0.99	1.00
	GED (N=403)
Years of education	1.08		1.07
Certification		1.13	1.09
	High School Diploma (N=3,582)
Years of education	0.92*		0.92*
Certification		0.83*	0.83*
	AA Degree (N=261)
Years of education	1.21		1.20
Certification		1.34	1.31
	BA Degree (N=890)
Years of education	0.86		0.86
Certification		1.08	1.09

Source: Panel Study of Income Dynamics, 1985-2009

Notes: Accounts for clustering between couples. Models control for sex, race/ethnicity, marital status, region, being poor while growing up, father’s education, mother’s education, father’s occupation, and living with two parents until age 16.

^***p ≤ .001;

^**p ≤ .01;

^*p ≤ .05;

⁺p ≤ .10