Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the study variables

Variable (metric or range)	M or %
Educational attainment, age 21
No high school diploma (1 = yes), age 21	18.70
Health outcomes
Major depression (1 = yes), age 33	10.00
Obesity (1 = yes), age 33	34.00
Number of chronic health conditions, age 33
0	77.10
1	19.00
2	2.70
3	0.70
4	0.10
Self-rated general health, age 33	2.05
Mediators
Health behaviors
Heavy episodic drinking, age 30	0.58
Cigarette smoking, age 30	1.78
Meeting physical activity guidelines, age 30	38.30
Psychosocial stressors
Stressful life events, age 30	0.32
Perceived financial distress, age 33	6.00
Lack of control at work, age 30
Health insurance covered (1 = yes)	66.10
Covariates
Baseline symptoms of psychopathology, ages 10–12
Internalizing problems (z-score), ages 10–12	0.01
Externalizing behavior problems (z-score), ages 10–12	0.02
Low child and adolescent SES (1 = yes), ages 10–16	19.00
Baseline substance use, ages 13–18	0.00
Caucasian American (1 = yes)	47.20
Sex (1 = male)	51.00

Note. SES, socioeconomic status.