Effect of multiple risk behaviours in adolescence on educational attainment at age 16 years: a UK birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the association between adolescent multiple risk behaviours (MRBs) and educational attainment.

Design

Prospective population-based UK birth cohort study.

Setting

Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), a UK birth cohort of children born in 1991-1992.

Participants

Data on some or all MRB measures were available for 5401 ALSPAC participants who attended a clinic at age 15 years and/or completed a detailed questionnaire at age 16 years. Multiple imputation was used to account for missing data.

Primary outcome measures

Capped General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) score and odds of attaining five or more GCSE examinations at grades A*-C. Both outcome measures come from the National Pupil Database and were li

SUBMITTER: Wright C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6067358 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature