Overall towns scored better on 22 of the 30 socioeconomic measures used to determine a location's socioeconomic rating.
Socioeconomic rating was grouped into decile 1-3, decile 4-7 andecilele 8-10.
Possible confounding influences we considered were age, sex, the socioeconomic rating of the school (SES), having recently had a cold or flu, usual bedtime, exercise levels, weekend viewing/electronic gaming hours, TV in the bedroom, the number of times woken weekly by the cellphone, and cellphone storage and carrying habits.
However, given the rapid socioeconomic development rate of China, it is reasonable to foresee that pharmaceutical usage per capita may advance to levels comparable to those in developed countries.
Indeed, before adjusting for socioeconomic status, rates among Black Africans were actually higher than those of White in our study.
We adjusted for baseline HRSD, mother's age, BMI, years of education, family structure, and socioeconomic status rated by the LHW.
25 As in previous research on widening participation we classified those who gave themselves a socioeconomic classification rating of four or more as being from a non-professional background.
> > -wrap-foot> Statistical modelling of mean TAS was undertaken with potential predictor variables including geographic region (six CSNZ Divisions), school roll (five categories), institution type (three categories) and socioeconomic decile rating (three categories).
Although significant changes in mean TAS from 2005 to 2009 were observed across some but not all categories of institution type, school socioeconomic decile rating and roll size, only the latter was statistically significant when 2009 scores were adjusted for those in 2005.
The independent variables were: baseline HRSD, arm of trial (intervention or control), the participant's age, BMI, duration of formal education, family structure (nuclear or joint), socioeconomic status rated by the LHW, empowerment (whether the woman was empowered to manage household finances or not), and debt (yes/no).
