Table 1.
Descriptive Information for Age-18 Functional Outcomes
| Outcomes | Definition | Prevalence (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Boys | Girls | ||
| NEET | NEET status as self-reported in the age-18 interview | 11.6 | 11.0 | 12.1 |
| Parenthood | Any past live birth or current pregnancy (girls) or having caused a pregnancy that resulted in a live birth (boys) self-reported in the age-18 interview | 2.6 | 1.1 | 4.0 |
| Cautions and convictions | Official record of any UK cautions or convictions, beginning at age 10 through age 19 | 10.2 | 15.4 | 5.5 |
| Overweight | BMI ≥25, assessed at the time of the age-18 interview | 25.8 | 22.7 | 28.7 |
| Daily cigarette smoking | Current, daily smoking self-reported in the age-18 interview | 22.3 | 23.5 | 21.3 |
| Heavy drinking | High (among top 20% of participants) self-reported consumption of alcoholic drinks in a typical week at the time of the age-18 interview | 20.3 | 25.6 | 15.5 |
| Visits to ED | Any visits to an ED within past year, self-reported in the age-18 interview | 20.8 | 22.8 | 19.0 |
| Suicide attempts/self-harm | Any suicide attempts or incidents of self-harm between ages 12 and 18 years, self-reported in the age-18 interview | 14.3 | 10.5 | 17.6 |
| Social isolation | High score (among top 20% of participants) on a self-report scale reverse-coded to assess social isolation at age 18 years | 20.0 | 24.0 | 16.5 |
| Low life satisfaction | High score (among top 20% of participants) on self-report scale reverse-coded to assess low life satisfaction at age 18 years | 18.7 | 19.9 | 17.6 |
Note: Further information on all outcomes is provided in Supplement 1, available online. BMI = body mass index; ED = emergency department; NEET = Not in Education, Employment, or Training.