1. Health and K-12 Education: Over the Long Run
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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.

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

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

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

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

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

10. 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

11. Health Status Distribution (~age 50) by College Prep Math Coursework
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12. Mortality Risk Distribution by College Prep Math Coursework
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13. 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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16. Estimated Percentage of Variation in Selected Attitudes and Behaviors due to School and Position16

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