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Author: Nussbaum, Juliet
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1. Cohen, Alison K.
Nussbaum, Juliet
Weintraub, Miranda L. Ritterman
Nichols, Chloe R.
Yen, Irene H.
Association of Adult Depression With Educational Attainment, Aspirations, and Expectations
Preventing Chronic Disease 17 (27 August 2020): 200098.
Also: https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2020/20_0098.htm
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Keyword(s): Depression (see also CESD); Educational Aspirations/Expectations; Educational Attainment

Introduction: Social factors across one's lifespan may contribute to the relationship between low educational attainment and depression, but this relationship has been understudied. Previous studies assessing the association between educational attainment and depression did not fully account for prior common determinants across the life course and possible interactions by sex or race/ethnicity. It is also unclear whether the link between educational attainment and depression is independent of the role of aspired educational attainment or expected educational attainment.

Methods: We used generalized linear log link models to examine the association between educational attainment at age 25 and depression at age 40 in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort, adjusting for confounders and mediators from childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.

Results: Members of each educational attainment group were less likely to be depressed at age 40 than those with less education. After adjusting for educational aspirations and educational expectations, the risk ratios became closer to the null. Neither sex nor race/ethnicity interacted with educational attainment. Additionally, low educational expectations in adolescence, but not low educational aspirations, was associated with a higher risk of depression at age 40.

Bibliography Citation
Cohen, Alison K., Juliet Nussbaum, Miranda L. Ritterman Weintraub, Chloe R. Nichols and Irene H. Yen. "Association of Adult Depression With Educational Attainment, Aspirations, and Expectations." Preventing Chronic Disease 17 (27 August 2020): 200098.