- Graduates live healthier lifestyles than non-graduates. For a start, non-graduates educated to level 2 (ie five or more GCSEs at A*-C or equivalent) or below are 75% more likely to be a smoker at age 30, compared to a similar individual educated to degree level or higher.
- Graduates are also more likely to exercise than non-graduates and are less likely to be obese (with an average graduate having a 3% lower Body Mass Index compared with a similar individual educated to level 2 or below).
- Consequently, graduates enjoy better health.
- Those educated to degree level or higher are between 70-80% more likely to report ‘excellent’ health, compared with a similar individual educated to level 2 or below, and those with level 4 sub-degree qualifications are around 40% more likely to report excellent health.
- In addition, graduates are between 35% (women) and 55% (men) less likely to suffer from depression, compared with a similar individual educated to level 2 or below. Those educated to level 4 sub-degree are 40% less likely to suffer from depression. But compared with similar people with level 3 qualifications the effect is far smaller.
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