Table 3. Within-Sibling Comparison of School Outcomes of 539 829 Children Exposed to Parental Death Before Graduating From Compulsory School Compared With Their Siblings Exposed to the Death After Graduationa.
| Variable | No. | School outcomes in the final year of compulsory school at age 15-16 y | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ineligibility for upper secondary education | Mean grade z score, adjusted β coefficient (95% CI) | |||
| No. (%) | Adjusted risk ratio | |||
| Parental death before finishing school | 10 934 | 1587 (14.5) | 1.07 (0.93 to 1.24) | −0.06 (−0.10 to −0.01)b |
| No parental death | 528 895 | 43 161 (8.2) | 1 [Reference] | 0 [Reference] |
Fixed-effect Poisson regression was used for eligibility, and fixed-effect linear regression was used for mean grade z score. Cluster robust estimation for standard error was used to account for associations between siblings. Adjusted estimates were obtained from models described in the Methods section.
Statistical significance at the P < .05 level.