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Article: Researchers at University of Granada release new data on public health.
- Article from:
- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- November 2, 2009
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"From the AVENA Study, 2183 adolescents (1142 females) aged 13-18.5 years were gathered. Mode and time of transportation to school were self-reported by the adolescents," scientists in Granada, Spain report (see also Public Health).
"Parental education level (primary, secondary or university degree), parental professional level (managerial, skilled worker or unskilled worker/unemployed) and the type of school (public or private) were self-reported by the parents. The relationships between ACS and socio-economic factors were analysed by binary logistic regression. Nearly
The researchers concluded: "Type of school and maternal educational level were the main ...