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Title: Effects of Timing and Level of Degree Attainment on Depressive Symptoms and Self-Rated Health at Mid-Life
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Walsemann, Katrina Michelle Bell, Bethany A. |
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Effects of Timing and Level of Degree Attainment on Depressive Symptoms and Self-Rated Health at Mid-Life Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, March 31-April 2, 2011 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): College Education; Depression (see also CESD); Educational Attainment; Health Factors; Health, Mental/Psychological; High School Diploma; Self-Reporting Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. We examined if the attainment of a higher educational degree after age 25 was associated with fewer depressive symptoms and better self-rated health at mid-life. We analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, restricting our sample to respondents who had not attained at least a bachelor's degree by age 25 (n=7,179). All regression models were stratified by highest degree attained by age 25. Among respondents with no degree, a high school diploma, or a post-high school certificate at age 25, attaining at least a bachelor's degree by mid-life was associated with fewer depressive symptoms and better self-rated health at mid-life compared to respondents who did not attain a higher degree by mid-life. Better self-rated health at mid-life was also reported by those with an associate's degree at age 25 who later attained a bachelor's degree or higher. |
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Walsemann, Katrina Michelle and Bethany A. Bell. "Effects of Timing and Level of Degree Attainment on Depressive Symptoms and Self-Rated Health at Mid-Life." Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, March 31-April 2, 2011. |