In total, 333 (14%) of respondents never went to school, 686 (29%) attained elementary school only, 895 (38%) attained intermediate school and another 246 (10%) attained secondary school.
Those with the highest education attained at the elementary school level showed an increasing tendency to utilise eye care between 2008 and 2009, but it decreased rapidly between 2009 and 2010.
With regard to educational attainment, the participants were asked the level at which their education was completed, which was classified into four educational categories: completion of elementary school, middle school, high school and post-secondary school.
With the patient air of someone who has tussled with Japanese bureaucracy before, he listed what he called the absurd requirements imposed upon him to take Japanese citizenship, including documentation to prove his completion of elementary school in New York City.
The level of education was operationalized as a serial of dummy variables with completed elementary school (38.47%), junior high school (32.20%), high school (18.30%), and universities and above (12.03%), and the completion of elementary school was the reference group.
UNICEF's education programme aims to increase enrolment, retention and completion rates for elementary school students.
Most of the informants had completed elementary school (52.1%).
Highest education level attained was available as a categorical variable (elementary school, junior secondary school, high school or university).
The cumulative picture from these evaluations shows clear positive effects on children's cognitive development and school progress during elementary school, as well as lasting effects on high school completion, employment and earnings, and reduced adult crime and delinquency.
The highest attained educational level was classified as no formal schooling, elementary school (grade 1 – 5), middle school (grade 6 – 8) or higher.
Among developed countries, the United States is 55th in quality rankings of elementary math and science education, 20th in high school completion rate and 27th in the fraction of college students receiving undergraduate degrees in science or engineering.
