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Table 2 Predicted mean scores and pairwise comparisons between the different combinations of educational attainment and normative/delayed HS completion

From: Associations between delayed completion of high school and educational attainment and symptom levels of anxiety and depression in adulthood

   

Anxiety symptoms

 

Depression symptoms

 

N

Mean

95 % CI

Sig different from

Mean

95 % CI

Sig different from

Higher educational attainment and

       

 1 Normative HS

2733

3.75

(3.63 to 3.87)

4

2.42

(2.32 to 2.52)

3,4

 2 Delayed HS

399

3.87

(3.57 to 4.18)

4

2.56

(2.30 to 2.81)

4

Lower educational attainment and

       

 3 Normative HS

2679

3.92

(3.80 to 4.04)

4

2.74

(2.64 to 2.84)

1,4

 4 Delayed HS

1705

4.55

(4.40 to 4.70)

1,2,3

3.08

(2.96 to 3.21)

1,2,3