Chi-squared analysis and odds ratios were calculated to measure the strength of the relationship between no, some primary, or some secondary or higher education attained by the head of household and the presence or absence of a skilled birth attendant at that child's birth, and whether the birth took place at a health facility.
Parents reported their child's age, sex, and race/ethnicity, as well as the highest education attained by a parent of the child as a proxy for socioeconomic status.
Finally, we include a vector of demographic variables, Demog it, that contains highest education attained, and an indicator for being married with a spouse presently and an urban indicator.
Health and education were not its primary focus, but it included health-related questions including self-reported height and weight as well as highest education attained for twin and spouse.
The parents' occupation and highest education attained were scored from 1 (highest) to 5 (lowest).
*Categories for socio-economic status (SES) combine highest education attained and/or household income range.
5 Categories for Socio-economic Status combine highest education attained and/or household income range.
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.
Survivors of CNS tumours whose parents had had higher education were more likely to finish vocational training than those whose parents had lower educational levels (RR 2.12, 95% CI: 1.36 3.31); however, male survivors of CNS tumours whose parents had higher education attained higher education less often than expected (RR 0.37, 95% CI: 0.18 0.78).
29 The Education Register was established by Statistics Sweden in 1985 and is annually updated with information on the highest formal education attained by each individual, from elementary to post-graduate level.
