Health and K-12 Education: Over the Long Run Please do not cite without permission cmuller@austin.utexas.edu Chandra Muller University of Texas at Austin Funded by Alfred P. Sloan and National Science Foundation. Views do not necessarily reflect those of the funders.

Slide 2 Health Academic Degree or Years of School Early Adulthood Midlife & Older Adulthood Childhood & Adolescence

Slide 3 Health School Processes –Degree Preparation: Academic Degree Childhood & Adolescence Early Adulthood Midlife & Older Adulthood School Processes –Degree Preparation: Coursework Test Scores Grades Non-Cognitive Skills Academic Degree

Slide 4 Health School Processes –Degree Preparation: Academic Degree Coursework Achievement Test Scores Grades Non-Cognitive Skills Academic Degree Health Childhood & Adolescence Early Adulthood Midlife & Older Adulthood

Based on High School and Beyond (1980-1982) Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (2002-2004) School Processes –Degree Preparation: Coursework Test Scores Grades Non-Cognitive Skills Academic Degree Health Childhood & Adolescence Early Adulthood Midlife & Older Adulthood

Course-taking by Adolescent Weight Status Source: High School and Beyond

Course-taking by Adolescent Depressive Symptoms Source: High School and Beyond

Course-taking by Adolescent Disability Status Source: High School and Beyond

College Preparatory Coursework End of High School for Students with a Learning Disability Source: Education Longitudinal Study of 2002

Based on High School and Beyond Midlife Follow-up (1980-2014) School Processes –Degree Preparation: Coursework Test Scores Grades Non-Cognitive Skills Academic Degree Health Childhood & Adolescence Early Adulthood Midlife & Older Adulthood

Health Status Distribution (~age 50) by College Prep Math Coursework Slide 11

Mortality Risk Distribution by College Prep Math Coursework Slide 12

Conclusions In adolescence and early adulthood, individuals with mental health impairments have fewer opportunities to learn and succeed academically Individuals who are academically marginalized in high school have much worse health outcomes at midlife

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Estimated Percentage of Variation in Selected Attitudes and Behaviors due to School and Position 16

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