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Adult Vocational Qualifications Reduce the Social Gradient in Education

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2019
Many youth leave school early without an upper secondary education, impeding their chances in the labor market. Early school leavers come disproportionately from families with low parental education.
Bernt Bratsberg   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Educational differences in dietary intake and compliance with dietary recommendations in a Swiss adult population. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This study assessed the impact of education on diet and compliance with the national recommendations. The study included 4338 adult participants of the Colaus study, a cross-sectional, population-based study conducted between 2009 and 2012 in Lausanne ...
Guessous, I.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Economic Development and the Quality of Life of Children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Historical studies show that the average height of Western European children began its secular growth in 1850 only after a period of decline and stagnation which had started around 1750.
Delajara, Marcelo
core   +5 more sources

Partner’s and own education: does who you live with matter for self-assessed health, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This study analyses the importance of partner status and partner’s education, adjusted for own education, on selfassessed health, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption.
Graaf, Nan Dirk De   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Secondary schooling and rural youth transitions in Lesotho and Zimbabwe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Based on case studies centred on two rural secondary schools in Lesotho and Zimbabwe, this paper examines the gendered impacts of schooling on young people’s transitions to adulthood.
Batezat, E.   +19 more
core   +1 more source

Inequality in Higher Education: Why Did Expanding Access Not Reduce Skill Inequality?

open access: yesOpen Education Studies, 2020
Lack of comparable cross-country data on access to and participation into higher education (HE) among disadvantaged and marginalised communities prevents a comprehensive examination of the role of education in shaping social mobility and how this has ...
Borgonovi Francesca, Marconi Gabriele
doaj   +1 more source

Reading literacy and metacognition in a Spanish Adult Education centre

open access: yesEuropean Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 2019
In recent years, Spain's adult population has been characterised by high unemployment rates, particularly among peopled aged over 18 who do not have the Compulsory Secondary Education certificate.
Lourdes Jiménez-Taracido   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cognitive Reserve Factors in a Developing Country: Education and Occupational Attainment Lower the Risk of Dementia in a Sample of Lebanese Older Adults

open access: yesFrontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2018
Background: Dementia secondary to neurodegenerative diseases is prevalent among older adults and leads to social, psychological and economic burden on patients, caregivers and the community as a whole.
Hala Darwish   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Client predictors of therapy dropout in a primary care setting: a prospective cohort study

open access: yesBMC Psychiatry, 2023
Background Therapy dropout poses a major challenge. Considerable research has been conducted on predictors of dropout, however none in the context of primary mental health services in Norway.
Elin Hanevik   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adolescent motherhood in Bangladesh: Trends and determinants.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundWhile studies on fertility and contraceptives issues are available, until recently adolescent motherhood has not received enough attention among policy makers in understanding adolescent motherhood in Bangladesh.
Mohammad Mainul Islam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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