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

Figure 6.

Figure 6

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 those from A) high childhood socioeconomic (cSES) backgrounds and B) low childhood socioeconomic backgrounds in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort (1979–2016). Stratified are results presented. Low cSES respondents who attained AAs or BAs immediately had better physical health at age 50 years than high cSES respondents. 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.