. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2017 Mar 13;58(2):252–269. doi: 10.1177/0022146517693050

Table 3.

Results from Growth Curve Models of Alcohol Use by Educational Attainment across Major Educational Categories, National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, Waves I–IV.

Reference Group	Across Education Categories^a (n = 2,829)

	Four-year Early		Two-year Early		High School Only

	(1)	(2)	(1)	(2)	(1)	(2)
Educational groups
Intercept
High school dropout	−1.40^***	−.76^***	−.53^**	−.23	−.41^*	−.18
High school only	−.99^***	−.58^***	−.12	−.05
Two-year early	−.87^***	−.53^***
Four-year early
Slope
High school dropout	−.15^***	−.08^***	−.07^**	−.02	−.06^**	−.03^†
High school only	−.10^***	−.05^**	−.01	.007
Two-year early	−.09^***	−.06^***
Four-year early
Focal covariates
Intercept
Parent education		.08^†		.08^†		.08^†
Math sequence ninth grade		.02		.02		.02
GPA ninth grade		.05		.05		.05
High school academic press		.17^*		.17^*		.17^*
High school peer drinking		.34^*		.34^*		.34^*
Slope
Parent education		.00		.00		.00
Math sequence ninth grade		.00		.00		.00
GPA ninth grade		.02^†		.02^†		.02^†
High school academic press		.00		.00		.00
High school peer drinking		−.01		−.01		−.01
Control variables
Intercept
Age		−.06^†		−.06^†		−.06^†
Gender (male)		.70^***		.70^***		.70^***
Family structure (two-parent)		−.11		−.11		−.11
Black		−.57^***		−.57^***		−.57^***
Hispanic		−.35^*		−.35^*		−.35^*
Asian		−.59^**		−.59^**		−.59^**
Other/multiple races		−.35		−.35		−.35
Picture Vocabulary Test score		.01^**		.01^**		.01^**
Depressive symptoms		−.02^***		−.02^***		−.02^***
Delinquency		.07^**		.07^**		.07^**
Slope
Age		−.02^***		−.02^***		−.02^***
Gender (male)		.07^***		.07^***		.07^***
Family structure (two-parent)		.00		.00		.00
Black		−.02		−.02		−.02
Hispanic		−.03^†		−.03^†		−.03^†
Asian		.01		.01		.01
Other/multiple races		−.02		−.02		−.02
Picture Vocabulary Test score		.001^**		.001^**		.001^**
Depressive symptoms		−.003^***		−.003^***		−.003^***
Delinquency		−.02^***		−.02^***		−.02^***

Note: GPA = grade point average.

Unadjusted model fit: comparative fit index (CFI) = .949, root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = .050. Adjusted model fit: CFI = .937, RMSEA = .033. Coefficients for controls are identical.

^†

p < .10,

p < .05,

^**

p < .01,

^***

p < .001.