Interestingly, when CEOs have a strong educational foundation in spotting business opportunities, in the form of an MBA, they are more likely to be open about environmental disclosure than CEOs with other educational backgrounds such as law degrees.
aIlliterates had the highest proportion of TB cases compared with people with other educational backgrounds (x = 5.336, P = 0.021).
bPeople with high education or above had the lowest proportion of TB cases compared with people with other educational backgrounds (x = 11.066, P<0.001).
Their educational background varied; 27% of the respondents were pharmacists and 8% were doctors, whereas 21% had some sort of business degree and the rest (44%) were from other educational backgrounds.
Other variables included educational background, place of residence, measures of wealth (used to generate income quintiles), and religion (categorized into having a religious affiliation or not).
Further, other evidence suggests that educational background does influence how much information or perceived benefit an individual might gain from advertisements and educational material on genetic testing (Bowen et al. 2009); which in turn, may influence participation in genetic testing.
Several of the most recognizable names in radio, like Howard Stern, have communications degrees, but others have no pertinent educational background.
Some other studies show that the educational background plays a vital role on creating entrepreneurial skills (Murphy, 2006).
And, sex and gender intersect in important ways with a variety of other social factors, including age, educational background, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, geographical location, etc. Figure 7 suggests how sex and gender interact to create individual behaviors, health outcomes, and attitudes, etc. across the life span.
The groups did not differ with respect to educational background or other critical variables.
This concurs with several studies [ 7, 13, 22, 26], which noted that barriers to informed consent arise from social, cultural, economic, language, educational background, and other factors.
