Table 4.
Estimated treatment effects from regressing latent depressive symptomology on completing some college or attaining a college degree.
| Some College | Four-Year Degree | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Est | 95% CI | Est | 95% CI | |
| Average effect | −0.10*** | [−0.14, −0.06] | −0.09*** | [−0.13, −0.06] |
| Stratum-specific effects | ||||
| Stratum 1 | 0.30 | [−0.44, 1.03] | −0.23* | [−0.44, −0.03] |
| Stratum 2 | −0.11 | [−0.27, 0.06] | −0.09 | [−0.32, 0.14] |
| Stratum 3 | −0.21** | [−0.37, −0.06] | −0.24*** | [−0.37, −0.11] |
| Stratum 4 | −0.02 | [−0.19, 0.14] | −0.16+ | [−0.32, 0.00] |
| Stratum 5 | −0.06 | [−0.19, 0.06] | −0.09 | [−0.24, 0.06] |
| Stratum 6 | −0.13** | [−0.22, −0.04] | −0.11+ | [−0.22, 0.01] |
| Stratum 7 | −0.15** | [−0.24, −0.06] | −0.16** | [−0.26, −0.05] |
| Stratum 8 | −0.07 | [−0.21, 0.07] | −0.11* | [−0.20, −0.02] |
| Stratum 9 | −0.22** | [−0.35, −0.08] | −0.06 | [−0.15, 0.03] |
| Stratum 10 | 0.02 | [−0.10, 0.14] | −0.13** | [−0.22, −0.04] |
| Stratum 11 | 0.04 | [−0.07, 0.15] | −0.05 | [−0.15, 0.04] |
| Stratum 12 | −0.16 | [−0.34, 0.01] | 0.02 | [−0.09, 0.13] |
| Stratum 13 | 0.09 | [−0.02, 0.20] | −0.07 | [−0.24, 0.10] |
| Stratum 14 | −0.03 | [−0.34, 0.27] | 0.13* | [0.00, 0.26] |
| Linear trend | ||||
| slope | 0.17** | [0.01, 0.03] | 0.20*** | [0.01, 0.03] |
| constant | −0.21*** | [−0.30, −0.11] | −0.26*** | [−0.35, −0.17] |
Notes:
+
p < 0.10,
*
p < 0.05,
**
p < 0.01,
***
p < 0.001 (two-tailed tests).
The parameters were estimated using the Wave I/Wave IV Add Health longitudinal sample weights. 17 cases are excluded from the analysis of some college and 145 cases are excluded from the analysis of four-year degrees because they were outside the region of common support.