The LIFE-P participants reported a higher level of attained education compared to the LLD developmental sample.
Young age and high level of attained education were better predictors of multiple infections than of single ones (Table 5-wrap>).
The reference category (−1) are males RESPONDENTAGE Continuous variable indicating the age of a survey respondent VOCATIONAL =1 if the highest level of education attained by a respondent is vocational training (1, 0, −1) GCSEs_O + A =1 if the highest level of education attained by a respondent is GCSEs O′ and A' levels (0, 1, −1).
Highest level of education attained?
Examples of ordinal variables include the highest level of education attained by either parent and the amount of time the student spends watching television or video within a specified time period (e.g., weekly).
The first variable, "school and vocational education and training of parents", is created based on the CASMIN training classification.13 Here, the highest level of education attained by either the mother or father is the determining factor.
"In the EU, around 53% of children (aged 0 17) living in households in which the highest level of education attained by the parents was lower secondary level, were at risk of poverty, compared with 7.6%% for children whose parents have a high level of education", indicates the 2019 study.
The scoring system considered factors such as the highest level of education attained, medications taken regularly, and whether the subjects had a history of stroke, diabetes or smoking.
