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Table 4 Estimates of growth curve by gender (completed vs. observed data)

From: Gender differences in the age-cohort distribution of psychological distress in Canadian adults: findings from a national longitudinal survey

 

Women

Men

 

Completed data

Observed data

Completed data

Observed data

(n = 69020)a

(n = 52897)

(n = 58302)

(n = 42268)

Fixed effects

    

  Intercept

3.93***

3.90***

3.21***

3.15***

  Age

-.04**

-.08***

-.014

-.07***

  Age2

.0002

.0001***

-.0002

.0009

  Age3

.00001**

.000003***

.00002***

.000003***

  Cohort

.19*

.40***

.12

.38***

  Cohort *Age

-.007**

-.008***

-.009***

-.009***

ICC b

    

  Between-person

.495

.518

.469

.509

  Within-person

.505

.482

.531

.491

  1. *< .05; **< .01; ***< .001.
  2. aNumber of observations.
  3. bICC: Intra-class correlation coefficient.
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BMC Psychology

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