11Subsidies are also available for young people with lower levels of qualifications.
These findings are consistent with previous studies in Australia that showed primary family caregivers were usually female, spouses of the cared-for person, had a lower level of educational qualifications, had lower incomes and were often aged 65 or over [ 2].
While the way degrees relate to jobs is not yet a subject for public anxiety, it's a different story for other qualifications at lower levels of the qualification tree.
Again, both men and those with lower levels of educational qualifications were consistently less likely to rate all items as important skin cancer risk factors.
With Muslim women more likely to be the victims of Islamophobic attacks than men, and facing barriers such as lower levels of employment and qualifications than the population as a whole, this can add to existing feelings of disenfranchisement.
Statistical analysis indicated that certain groups were more vulnerable to high psychological distress; specifically younger people, and those with lower levels of formal educational qualifications.
The participants in this study also reported higher levels of post-graduate qualifications and lower levels of TAFE and high school qualifications than those reported in the 2006 Australian Census.
Gan and colleagues (2006) [ 5], however, reported that depressive participants with higher educational qualifications exhibited lower levels of coping flexibility.
The 'never worked and long-term unemployed' group and respondents with no educational qualifications showed substantially lower levels of both excess consumption and binge drinking than the three higher social class groups and those with some educational achievement.
"Finally, this situation is also bad for employers and the economy as this type of qualification and skills mismatch is associated with lower levels of employee engagement and loyalty, and will undermine attempts to boost productivity".
