Tooth Leigh R, Mishra Gita D
School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia.
Maturitas. 2017 Feb;96:51-53. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2016.11.010. Epub 2016 Nov 18.
The educational mobility of mid-age women is rarely studied. We analysed the baseline socio-economic position (SEP) and health factors associated with obtaining further education in 4117 mid-age Australian women between 1996 and 2010 (aged 45-50 at baseline, 62-67 at follow-up) from a population-based study. Women either unemployed or working part-time at baseline had higher odds of a stable low and middle education over time (ORs ranging from 1.61 to 3.86) versus educational mobility. Apart from obesity, characteristics that may signal an unhealthy lifestyle in early mid-life were not useful indicators of women's future educational mobility.
