Through the 1990s, the UNICEF global publication used indicators such as child survival, child nutrition, and primary education attainment levels to measure the relative "progress" of nations.
This commitment contributed, inter alia, to a significant reduction of under-five mortality and a high level of primary education attainment.
Comparing participants with current asthma to the total study population, higher proportions were found among those who were women, overweight or obese, former smokers and among those with middle or primary educational attainment.
The relationship was significant at 1% for household heads with tertiary, secondary and primary education attainments.
Somerset was seen as particularly strong for education, with excellent primary schools and attainment well above the national average at Key Stage 2. Kiera Walters, 40, a mother-of-two from Yatton, Somerset, said: 'The facilities are spot-on.
However when looking beyond primary enrolment, at attainment and learning, the idea of global convergence vanishes.
Demographic covariates included age, sex and highest educational attainment (primary, secondary and tertiary).
Most of the respondents had low education attainment (primary or below) and had monthly income less than US$493.
Other measures recorded during the home interview (CAPI) included age, gender, highest level of educational attainment (primary, secondary or tertiary), current smoking status, history of cardiovascular disease and medication use.
Our imputation model also included educational attainment (primary or none/secondary/tertiary), age, sex, BMI, smoking status, alcohol status, SBP, blood cholesterol, diabetes, event status (yes/no), and days to event or censoring.
In the current study, education was measured as a categorical variable where participants were asked to specify their highest level of educational attainment (primary, high school, higher education diplomas and degrees).
