Background
Aim
Methods
Study design and setting
Data sources
Mental health
Dropout
Covariates
Educational level at baseline
Selection of participants
Statistical analyses
Ethical approval and consent to participate
Results
Mental health at baseline
Participants | Poor mental health | Good mental health | P-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Gender | ||||
Females | 1617 (51.4) | 468 (62.1) | 1149 (48.0) | <.0001 |
Males | 1529 (48.6) | 285 (37.9) | 1244 (52.0) | |
Age | ||||
16–20 | 1293 (41.1) | 299 (39.7) | 994 (41.5) | 0.4052 |
21–25 | 1009 (32.1) | 238 (31.6) | 771 (32.2) | |
26–30 | 844 (26.8) | 216 (28.7) | 628 (26.2) | |
Parental Education | ||||
Elementary School | 385 (12.2) | 102 (13.6) | 283 (11.8) | 0.4218 |
Upper secondary | 1619 (51.5) | 386 (51.3) | 1233 (51.5) | |
Higher | 1142 (36.3) | 265 (35.2) | 877 (36.7) | |
Ethnicity | ||||
Ethnic Danes | 3077 (97.8) | 730 (97.0) | 2347 (98.1) | 0.0643 |
Non-ethnic Danes | 69 (2.2) | 23 (3.0) | 46 (1.9) | |
Educational activities | ||||
Student, Elementary school | 241 (7.7) | 48 (6.4) | 193 (8.1) | <.0001 |
Student, Vocational secondary | 508 (16.2) | 99 (13.2) | 409 (17.1) | |
Student, General secondary | 648 (20.6) | 158 (21.0) | 490 (20.5) | |
Student, Higher education | 368 (11.7) | 100 (13.3) | 268 (11.2) | |
Early school leavers | 204 (6.5) | 79 (10.5) | 125 (5.2) | |
Vocational educated | 557 (17.7) | 127 (16.9) | 430 (18.0) | |
General secondary educated | 389 (12.4) | 97 (13.0) | 292 (12.2) | |
Higher educated | 231 (7.3) | 45 (6.0) | 186 (7.8) | |
Parental income | ||||
Low | 1048 (33.3) | 296 (39.3) | 752 (31.4) | 0.0003 |
Middle | 1048 (33.3) | 226 (30.0) | 822 (34.4) | |
High | 1050 (33.3) | 231 (30.7) | 819 (34.22) | |
Dropout during follow up | ||||
Yes | 124 (8.1) | 40 (11.2) | 84 (7.2) | 0.0154 |
No | 1400 (91.9) | 317 (88.8) | 1083 (92.8) |
Unadjusted | Model 1 | Model 2 | ||||
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Educational level | ||||||
Students, Elementary school | 1.0 | (0.7–1.6) | 1.4 | (0.8–2.5) | 1.3 | (0.8–2.3) |
Students, Vocational secondary | 1.0 | (0.7–1.5) | 1.5 | (1.0–2.4) | 1.4 | (0.9–2.3) |
Students, General secondary | 1.3 | (0.9–1.9) | 1.7 | (1.1–2.7) | 1.7 | (1.0–2.7) |
Students, Higher education | 1.5 | (1.0–2.3) | 1.9 | (1.2–2.9) | 1.9 | (1.2–2.9) |
Early school leavers | 2.6 | (1.7–4.0) | 3.6 | (2.3–5.8) | 3.3 | (2.1–5.4) |
Vocational educated | 1.2 | (0.8–1.8) | 1.7 | (1.1–2.5) | 1.6 | (1.1–2.4) |
General secondary educated | 1.4 | (0.9–2.0) | 1.7 | (1.1–2.6) | 1.7 | (1.1–2.6) |
Higher educated | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference |
Gender | ||||||
Females | 1.8 | (1.5–2.2) | 1.8 | (1.5–2.2) | ||
Males | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference | ||
Age | ||||||
16–19 | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference | ||
20–24 | 1.0 | (0.7–1.3) | 0.9 | (0.7–1.2) | ||
25–29 | 1.2 | (0.9–1.7) | 1.2 | (0.9–1.6) | ||
Parental education | ||||||
Elementary school | 0.9 | (0.7–1.3) | ||||
Upper secondary | 1.0 | (0.8–1.2) | ||||
Higher education | 1.0 | Reference | ||||
Parental Income | ||||||
Low | 1.4 | (1.2–1.7) | ||||
Middle | 1.0 | (0.8–1.2) | ||||
High | 1.0 | Reference | ||||
Ethnicity | ||||||
Ethnic Danes | 1.0 | Reference | ||||
Non-ethnic Danes | 1.4 | (0.8–2.4) |
Examination of dropout risk among students
Full samplea | Femalesb | Malesb | ||||
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n = 1524 | n = 829 | n = 695 | ||||
Mental health | ||||||
Poor mental health / Vocational education | 1.8 | (1.0–3.2) | 1.8 | (0.8–4.4) | 1.6 | (0.7–3.7) |
Poor mental health / General secondary | 1.1 | (0.3–3.6) | 1.7 | (0.4–7.7) | 0.7 | (0.1–6.0) |
Poor mental health / Higher education | 2.0 | (1.0–4.2) | 1.2 | (0.5–3.1) | 5.2 | (1.6–17.3) |
Good mental health / Same educational level | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference |
Educational level | ||||||
Vocational education | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference |
General secondary | 0.2 | (0.1–0.3) | 0.1 | (0.0–0.3) | 0.2 | (0.1–0.5) |
Higher education | 1.0 | (0.6–2.0) | 1.5 | (0.6–3.4) | 0.6 | (0.2–1.7) |
Age | ||||||
16–20 | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference |
21–25 | 0.6 | (0.3–1.0) | 0.5 | (0.2–1.1) | 0.6 | (0.3–1.2) |
26–30 | 0.5 | (0.3–1.1) | 0.4 | (0.1–1.1) | 0.8 | (0.3–2.1) |
Parental education | ||||||
Elementary school | 1.3 | (0.7–2.7) | 1.2 | (0.5–3.4) | 1.7 | (0.6–4.2) |
Upper secondary | 0.9 | (0.6–1.4) | 0.9 | (0.5–1.8) | 0.9 | (0.5–1.6) |
Higher Education | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference |
Parental income | ||||||
Low | 2.9 | (1.7–4.7) | 3.8 | (1.7–8.3) | 2.4 | (1.2–4.8) |
Middle | 1.5 | (0.9–2.5) | 2.2 | (1.0–5.0) | 1.0 | (0.5–2.0) |
High | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference | 1.0 | Reference |
Gender | ||||||
Females | 0.8 | (0.5–1.2) | ||||
Males | 1.0 | Reference |