Education level was categorized into four mutually exclusive groups (none, up to Primary, up to Secondary and above Secondary).
Some independent variables were also recoded, such as mother's and father's age 15-244, 25-34 and ≥ 35), mother's and father's education (no education, up to primary, up to secondary and higher), father's occupation (not working, manual worker, clerical/sales/service and management/professional),wealth index (poor, middle and rich) and birth order of the child (1-3, 4-6 and ≥ 7).
Categorical variables included, age group in years (15 to 19, 20 to 29, 30 to 39 and 40 to 45), family size (less than or equal to 4, 5 to 10 and more than 10 members) and education (illiterate, up-to primary, up-to higher secondary and graduate or post-graduate).
Quick as a proud New Jerseyan says, "Oh yeah?" the Legislature is again voting to move the primary up, this time to early February.
Connecticut officials said on Tuesday that they planned to move the primary up because having to wait until March could "disenfranchise" voters in the state.
Were those poor little paragons of democracy not informed that the Democratic Party, having warned them not to move their primary up, was not going to count their votes?
About, 24% sampled population were illiterate, 26% had studied up to primary, 39% up to secondary, and 12% had studied up to graduation and above.
As a proxy for SES self-reported educational level was used, divided into three categories: low (up to primary school), medium (up to secondary school) and high (higher professional education or university).
In addition to primary follow-up, most patients are offered a minimum of 5 years of annual follow-up, in line with the European guidelines.
Hoping to help Mr. Obama, the chairman of the state Democratic Party last year led the push to move the state's primary up from its usual date in mid-March.
Sununu, a former state Republican chairman and White House chief of staff, noted that Gardner has had to move the state's primary up in past years as well.
