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. 2021 Mar 16;21:514. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10538-w

Table 2.

The impact of long-term health challenges on the probability of school completion by age 21. Presented as OR (95% Cl) and average marginal effects. The sample is from birth cohorts in 1990 to 1996, n = 421,110

OR AME
OR (95% CI) Coeff. St.error P-value
Long-term health challenges (ref: peers without long-term health challenges)
 Celiac disease 1.02 (0.94–1.11) 0.004 0.007 0.546
 Asthma 1.04 (1.00–1.09) 0.007 0.004 0.048
 IBD 0.87 (0.78–0.96) − 0.026 0.010 0.009
 Epilepsy 0.41 (0.38–0.44) −0.185 0.007 0.000
 Diabetes 0.80 (0.74–0.87) − 0.043 0.008 0.000
 Juvenile arthritis 0.88 (0.76–1.01) −0.024 0.014 0.094
 Sensory impairment 0.63 (0.59–0.67) −0.090 0.006 0.000
 SMA/SB/CP 0.23 (0.21–0.26) −.0.313 0.014 0.000
Gender (ref:boys)
 Girls 1.62 (1.59–1.64) 0.087 0.001 0.000
Immigrant background (ref:majority)
 1.generaton 0.50 (0.49–0.52) −0.014 0.003 0.000
 2.generation 0.91 (0.87–0.94) −0.180 0.003 0.000
Parental education (ref: Upper secondary education and below)
 Any college/university education 2.46 (2.43–2.50) 0.161 0.001 0.000
 Unknown education 0.78 (0.74–0.82) −0.056 0.006 0.000
Parental income (log income) 1.24 (1.22–1.27) 0.040 0.002 0.000
Treated in mental health care 0.26 (0.24–0.28) −0.243 0.008 0.000
 Constant 0.101 (0.08–0.13)

Note: adjusted for birth cohorts