Risk factors for CHIKV seropositivity among adults (aged 15 years and older) were male gender, low socioeconomic index, schooling ≤6 years and living in makeshift housing.
Special-needs schools and Pupil Referral Units will be excluded, as will pupils attending the index school who reside outside the school's borough.
Ranku is still indexing schools, and will be going up against well-established competitors, such as Big Future and College Confidential.
The strengths of the current study include a large representative longitudinal cohort from New South Wales Australiaa) with a very high baseline participation rate; high retention rates over the 6 year period; measured height and weight every year; and strong independent SES indicators of parental education, the government school index and school SES status.
The searchable index categorizes schools by location, area of specialization, and type of program (undergrad/graduate), and offers both your typical information about the school and a really cool comments section: People going to the school can give you the real lowdown on academics, social activities, and the like by putting their thoughts and comments here.
California's Academic Performance Index rates schools based on year-end standardized tests with 1000 being the highest score and 800 being the targeted score.
Because half of the variance of achievement is not heritable, it would seem theoretically possible to create a better index of schools' added value by correcting for other genetically influenced traits.
Residential properties in 1997 had low premises indexes; 2.1% in landed premises and 0.6% in apartments compared to indexes in schools (27.0%), construction sites (8.3%), factories (7.8%), and vacant properties (14.6%) (20 ).
To examine the association of physical fitness and obesity with academic achievement and the independent association between fitness and academic achievement after controlling for relevant confounders such as age, parental education, and body mass index in school aged children.
Indicators for these modules will be assessed by tertiles of area deprivation index or school deciles.
