We also considered models both with and without education status, since nearly half (44.8%) of decedents were missing education status.
Participants missing the depression measurement at Wave 2 (n = 76, 1.1%), missing the baseline Goldberg depression score (n = 32, 0.5%) or missing education status (n = 2, < 0.1%) were excluded from the analysis, leaving a sample of 6,605.
24 Small variations are noted in the distributions of these variables, with the major difference being an over-representation of older residents among endoscopy participants (it should be noted that the census data were missing education status for a large proportion of the population).
Multivariate models were adjusted for body weight and height at recruitment (as continuous variables), marital status (single/divorced/widowed, married/living together, missing), education (primary school or less, technical/professional school, secondary school, university, missing), and vigorous physical activity (none, ⩽2 h per week, >2 h per week, missing).
In this study only occupation is used as a proxy for socio-economic status as most of the records were missing education information regarding levels attained by women.
Since nearly half (44.8%) of decedents were missing information on education, we explored whether those missing information on education differed than those not missing education information.
Ours is the first nationally representative study to explore the impact on paternal education status on measles vaccination update in nations with the highest numbers of missed measles vaccinations.
People's health status is driven by their education status, their employment status – and their housing status".
We have shown in our study that, in relation to one-off child health decisions such as childhood vaccinations, paternal education status independently impacts on child vaccination uptake, and may be more significant than the impact of maternal education status in countries with high measles burden and significant missed vaccinations.
Exclusions were made for 976 multiple births, 8 children with no recorded birth weight or parity status, 2,998 with missing maternal age, 1,691 with a missing native status (ethnicity) indicator, and 1,420 who were missing specific census covariates (neighborhood income, maternal education) of interest.
Drivers with missing drug status and violation status were also excluded (Fig. 1).
