Perhaps the most important difference between our data and that of previous studies is that we have specifically obtained students' highest biological science qualification rather than their highest academic qualification, which for many nurses is social science based.
It was higher in the high-SES groups, as defined by occupational position at age 50 years or highest academic qualification, and in whites compared with nonwhite participants.
Section 1 collected general demographic information including job title, county in which the participant worked, employer, highest academic qualification, care setting and number of NMPs in the team.
Education level referred to the highest academic qualification, and was collapsed into four categories including below middle school, high school and equivalent, 3-year college and 4-year university and above.
The awareness of SSS and C-NIHSS differed among physicians with different practice duration and location as well as in those with the highest academic qualification and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners.
Below (Table 1) is the summary number of staff and the highest academic qualifications they possess in different discipline at CVL. Table 1.
'Further or higher education below degree' represents academic and vocational courses that allow university entry (e.g. 'A' levels) or are to a foundation level in higher education; while 'degree or above' corresponds to the highest academic qualifications, including Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate degrees.
The main independent variable is educational attainment, measured as highest educational qualification obtained, coded in detailed ISCED.
For example, based on the study conducted by Lara-Cinisomo et al. (2011), we expected that teachers with lower ECE academic qualifications would rank non-academically oriented learning areas higher, while teachers with higher academic qualifications might prioritize academically oriented areas.
Research engagement was predicted by highest qualification obtained, current job classification level and overall interest in research.
