More than a third of the participants attained secondary education and about a fifth attained tertiary educational level.
Nevertheless, a significantly higher proportion of children who participated in hospital assessments were breastfed for more than two months (46.1% vs 40.9%, p<0.01), reported a positive family history of allergies (41.8% vs 37%, p<0.05) and had at least one parent who attained tertiary education level (58.8% vs 53.7%, p<0.05).
In general, Italian university-level attainment remains below the OECD average: its percentage of the population (25 to 64-year-olds) that has attained tertiary education in 2009 is 15%, significantly below the OECD average of 31% (OECD, 2012).
Parental Education: neither parent attained upper secondary education; at least one parent attained upper secondary education; at least one parent attained tertiary education.
Reverse causality parents numeracy skills are instrumented by parental education (1 neither parent attained upper secondary education, 2 at least one parent attained upper secondary education, 3 at least one parent attained tertiary education).
Only one (0.3%) respondent had attained tertiary education.
44.7 % had some secondary education, and just 12.3 % had attained tertiary education.
They also less frequently attained tertiary education, and were more likely to have breastfed their offspring.
Mean age was 58 ± 12 years, Male: Female ratio 1 1, 30% had attained tertiary education, 60% had rectal cancer followed by sigmoid 30% and recto sigmoid 10% respectively.
Mean age was 67 ± 8 years, Male: Female ratio 1 1, 70% had attained tertiary education, rectal cancer 30%, recto sigmoid, ascending and transverse colon each 20% respectively.
