News tagged with education level

Mating game: Too much choice will leave you lonely

Scientists have made a surprising discovery: The more options you have for choosing a lover, the likelier you are to end up with no-one.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 7

Surprising results in a new study on childbearing and education

In almost every country, women with more education have fewer children. But does education reduce childbearing, or does childbearing get in the way of education, or both? New research by Joel E. Cohen and colleagues in Norway ...

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created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Moving repeatedly in childhood linked with poorer quality-of-life years later

Moving to a new town or even a new neighborhood is stressful at any age, but a new study shows that frequent relocations in childhood are related to poorer well-being in adulthood, especially among people who are more introverted ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 03, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Military marriages stay strong despite challenges: study

Los Angeles, CA (May 10, 2012) Despite the fact that military service means working long hours with unpredictable schedules, frequent relocations, and separations from loved ones due to deployment, a new study published in ...

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created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Men more likely to cheat if they are economically dependent on their female partners

The more economically dependent a man is on his female partner, the more likely he is to cheat on her, according to research to be presented at the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 16, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Books in home as important as parents' education in determining children's education level

Whether rich or poor, residents of the United States or China, illiterate or college graduates, parents who have books in the home increase the level of education their children will attain, according to a 20-year study led ...

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created May 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Children of working mothers less healthy: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new British study has found that the children of working mothers are less likely to eat right and exercise than children of mothers who stay home.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 weblog

Bad jobs: Why they make some women bad moms

(PhysOrg.com) -- The kind of job a woman has may be just as important as whether she works or not when it comes to the well-being of her child.

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created May 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

What can movie stars tell us about marriage? That education matters, study finds

Movie stars: Is there anything they can't tell us?

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created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Struggling to follow doctor's orders

Paid caregivers make it possible for seniors to remain living in their homes. The problem, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study, is that more than one-third of caregivers had difficulty reading and understanding ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Happiness gap' in the US narrows

Happiness inequality in the U.S. has decreased since the 1970s, according to research published this month in the Journal of Legal Studies.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Untreated ADHD common in male convicts

(PhysOrg.com) -- Men serving long prison sentences surprisingly often have a history of unrecognised and untreated ADHD, despite having had considerable problems since childhood. This according to a recent ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Parental influence on child's science-career decision

Parental influence and access to mathematics courses are likely to guide students to careers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics or medicine (STEMM), according to research from Michigan State University.

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created Feb 21, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Higher education predicts better cardiovascular health outcomes in high-income countries

In one of the first international studies to compare the link between formal education and heart disease and stroke, the incidence of these diseases and certain risk factors decreased as educational levels increased in high-income ...

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created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Eliminating diabetes and depression, and boosting education, most likely to ward off dementia

Eliminating diabetes and depression, as well as increasing education and fruit and vegetable consumption, are likely to have the biggest impact on reducing levels of dementia in the coming years, should no effective treatment ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0