Educational attainment and health
Stark differences in China, but familiar methodological challenges remain Education is a key component of social inequality and, in higher income countries, higher attainment is strongly linked to lower mortality risk.12 How does education associate with mortality risk in China, a country that has had substantial social change and now has a highly competitive education system? If such associations are found, are the underlying links causal? In a linked study, Lu and colleagues (doi:10.1136/bmj‑2022‑073749) report on the educational inequalities in all cause and cardiovascular disease morta...
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