Jeremy L Hsu, Rou-Jia Sung, Su L Swarat, Alexandra J Gore, Stephanie Kim, Stanley M Lo
Variations in Student Approaches to Problem Solving in Undergraduate Biology Education
CBE life sciences education
education key determinant future employment income prospects young people poor mental health common among young people related risk dropping school dropout educational level gender might play role association remains studied mental health measured 3146 danish inhabitants aged 1629 years using 12item shortform health survey examined across genders educational levels students educational level baseline used young people enrolled school baseline nonstudents highest achieved educational level used risk dropout students investigated administrative registers 48year period 1st march 201031th december 2014 odds ratios 95 confidence intervals ci calculated mental health relation dropout logistic regression models adjusting age gender educational level parental education parental income ethnicity poor mental health present 24 n 753 participants 29 n 468 females 19 n 285 males p 00001 prevalence differed 19 39 across educational levels p 00001 females statistically significantly higher adjusted risk poor mental health males 18 ci 1522 among students lowest risk found elementary level 13 ci 0823 students higher education statistically significantly higher risk 19 ci 1229 lowesteducated nonstudents highest poor mental health 33 ci 2154 dropout occurred 8 n 124 students poor mental health associated dropout vocational 18 ci 1032 higher education 20 ci 1042 males higher education poor mental health predictor dropout 52 ci 16173 seen females higher education 12 ci 0531 poor mental health significantly associated dropout among students vocational higher education males higher education five times risk dropout reporting poor mental health association found females