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. 2020 Jul 17;189(11):1389–1401. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaa150

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Coefficient plots for the association between educational trajectories from ages 14 to 48 years and physical health at age 50 years compared with respondents who completed high school only among A) White Americans, B) Black Americans, and C) Latino Americans in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort (1979–2016). Stratified results are presented. Some college predicted better physical health at age 50 years for Black Americans than for White Americans. Findings were similar, although interaction models included the null, for Black Americans in the following educational trajectories: less than high school education, GED credential, graduate school; and for Latino Americans in the following educational trajectories: some college after GED credential, and AA after less than high school education. Results are adjusted for birth cohort, race, birth in a southern state, birth outside the United States, rural residence at age 14 years, parental education, if parents worked for pay, and parental occupation. AA, associate’s degree; BA, bachelor’s degree; CI, confidence interval; GED, general educational development.