Johny Daniel, Amy Barth
Exploring reading profiles of rural school students
Annals of dyslexia
relationship education health wellestablished empirical literature finds individuals higher levels education experience lower risks poor health outcomes compared individuals less education outstanding literature examination dimension education literacy association health objective study examine relationship literacy reading numeracy health selfreported health use data 2012 wave canadian longitudinal international survey adults lisa lisa includes rich information health broader sociodemographic characteristics income age sex etc well information literacy skills program international assessment adult competencies piaac using logistic regression first reaffirm association education selfreported health find controlling measures literacy understood proficiency reading numeracy magnitude effect education health reduced skills literacy reduce risk reporting poor health older subset respondents ages 4065 results suggest literacy understated empirical research education health fact serve sharpen understanding education impacts health drawing attention indirect pathways