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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 14.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2022 Jun 1;149(6):e2021054068. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-054068

TABLE 7.

Moderating Effects of School Characteristics for the Association Between School Start Time and Youth Outcomes

95% CI
Moderator Developmental Outcomes Predictor ES Lower Upper P

School level Aggregated outcome Middle vs Elementary 0.008 −0.084 0.101 .85
High vs Elementary −0.097 −0.277 0.083 .25
High vs Middle −0.070 −0.300 0.161 .49
Sleep Middle vs Elementary −0.043 −0.209 0.123 .59
High vs Elementary −0.126 −0.480 0.228 .38
High vs Middle
Duration Middle vs Elementary −0.045 −0.272 0.181 .68
High vs Elementary −0.089 −0.610 0.432 .67
High vs Middle
Quality Middle vs Elementary
High vs Elementary
High vs Middle
Bedtime Middle vs Elementary −0.078 −0.437 0.281 .64
High vs Elementary
High vs Middle
Wake time Middle vs Elementary 0.074 −0.542 0.690 .79
High vs Elementary
High vs Middle
Sleepiness Middle vs Elementary −0.259 −0.632 0.114 .14
High vs Elementary
High vs Middle 0.268 0.081 0.455 .01*
Academic Middle vs Elementary
High vs Elementary
High vs Middle
School sector Aggregated outcome Private vs Public 0.093 −0.018 0.204 .09***
Sleep Private vs Public 0.151 0.001 0.301 .04*
Duration Private vs Public 0.108 −0.118 0.334 .32
Quality Private vs Public
Bedtime Private vs Public −0.058 −0.285 0.169 .56
Wake time Private vs Public 0.489 0.030 0.947 .04**
Chronotype Private vs Public
Sleepiness Private vs Public
Socioemotional Private vs Public
Negativea Private vs Public
Academic Private vs Public −0.138 −0.367 0.091 .18
School size Aggregated outcome School size
Sleep School size
Duration School size
Qualitya School size
Bedtime School size
Wake time School size
Chronotypea School size
Sleepiness School size
Socioemotionala School size
Negativea School size
Academic School size
School SES Aggregated outcome School FRPL %
Sleep School FRPL %
Durationa School FRPL %
Qualitya School FRPL %
Bedtimea School FRPL %
Wake timea School FRPL %
Chronotypea School FRPL %
Sleepinessa School FRPL %
Socioemotionala School FRPL %
Negativea School FRPL %
Academic School FRPL %
Racial or ethnic composition Aggregated outcome School minority %
Sleep School minority %
Durationa School minority %
Qualitya School minority %
Bedtimea School minority %
Wake timea School minority %
Chronotypea School minority %
Sleepinessa School minority %
Socioemotionala School minority %
Negativea School minority %
Academic School minority %
Urbanicity Aggregated outcome Suburb vs Urban 0.160 −0.147 0.468 .25
Rural vs Urban
Rural vs Suburb
Sleep Suburb vs Urban −0.070 −0.584 0.444 .73
Rural vs Urban
Rural vs Suburb 0.012 −0.135 0.159 .84
Duration Suburb vs Urban −0.024 −0.659 0.611 .92
Rural vs Urban
Rural vs Suburb −0.036 −0.228 0.157 .65
Sleepiness Suburb vs Urban
Rural vs Urban
Rural vs Suburb
Academic Suburb vs Urban
Rural vs Urban
Rural vs Suburb
Region Aggregated outcome South vs West 0.057 −0.203 0.316 .59
Northeast vs West 0.006 −0.144 0.156 .92
Midwest vs West
Multi vs West 0.004 −0.122 0.129 .94
Northeast vs South −0.003 −0.183 0.177 .96
Midwest vs South
Multi vs South −0.002 −0.153 0.148 .97
Midwest vs Northeast
Multi vs Northeast 0.003 −0.110 0.116 .95
Multi vs Midwest 0.006 −0.119 0.132 .89
Sleep South vs West
Northeast vs West
Midwest vs West
Multi vs West
Northeast vs South
Midwest vs South
Multi vs South
Midwest vs Northeast
Multi vs Northeast 0.076 −0.108 0.260 .34
Multi vs Midwest
Duration South vs West
Northeast vs West
Midwest vs West
Multi vs West
Northeast vs South
Midwest vs South
Multi vs South
Midwest vs Northeast
Multi vs Northeast 0.100 −0.175 0.374 .40
Multi vs Midwest
Geography Aggregated outcome EU vs NA
Asia vs NA 0.018 −0.137 0.173 .77
Asia vs EU 0.119 −0.052 0.289 .13
Sleep EU vs NA
Asia vs NA 0.038 −0.156 0.232 .63
Asia vs EU 0.101 −0.108 0.311 .26
Duration EU vs NA
Asia vs NA −0.054 −0.273 0.164 .55
Asia vs EU
Quality1 EU vs NA1
Asia vs NA1
Asia vs EU1
Bedtime EU vs NA −0.209 −0.346 −0.071 .007**
Asia vs NA 0.251 −0.312 0.813 .31
Asia vs EU
Wake time1 EU vs NA1
Asia vs NA1
Asia vs EUa
Chronotypea EU vs NAa
Asia vs NAa
Asia vs EUa
Sleepiness EU vs NA
Asia vs NA 0.294 −0.247 0.834 .24
Asia vs EU
Socioemotional EU vs NA
Asia vs NA 0.095 −0.006 0.197 .06***
Asia vs EU
Negative EU vs NA
Asia vs NA
Asia vs EU
Academic EU vs NA −0.214 −0.430 0.001 .05***
Asia vs NA −0.158 −0.374 0.057 .12
Asia vs EU 0.056

Age was adjusted in all analyses. Estimates with df < 4 are not considered to be reliable. ES, effect sizes assessed in correlation; —, refer to analyses where the degrees of freedom was less than 4, which would provide unreliable estimates, therefore estimates were not analyzed.

a

These variables contain issues of convergence.

*

P < .05

**

P < .01

***

P < .001.