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  • The median earnings of adult, year round workers with professional degrees are about four times higher than those of adults who had not completed high school.

    US Census Bureau. Table B.?Median earnings of full-time, year-round workers by selected characteristics: 1998. HYPERLINK "http://www.census.gov/hhes/income/income98/in98ern.html" http://www.census.gov/hhes/income/income98/in98ern.html

  • In the Perry Preschool study, 65% of the children (low-income, African American) with early childhood education graduated from high school, compared to 45% without the preschool program. By age 40, 76% of the group who went to preschool were employed compared to 62% of the control group.

    Schweinhart L, Montie J. 2004. The High/Scope Perry Preschool Study to Age 40. High/Scope Educational Research Foundation. Presentation to the World Bank, November 17, 2004.

  • In 2006, 6.8% of those with less than a high school degree were unemployed, compared to only 1.7% of those with a Master's degree. Also, those with less than a high school diploma made on average $419/week vs. $1,410/week for those with a Master's degree.

    US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Current Population Survey. 2006. Education pays. Unemployment and median weekly earnings by education level. US. Dept. of Labor. Available at HYPERLINK "http://www.bls.gov/emp/emptab7.htm" http://www.bls.gov/emp/emptab7.htm

  • Dropping out of school is associated with delayed employment opportunities, poverty, and poor health. It is also associated, in adolescence, with substance abuse, delinquency, injury, and pregnancy.

    US Dept of Health and Human Services. 2000. Healthy People 2010: Understanding and improving health. 2nd edition. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office.

  • The national unemployment rate in 2006 for those with professional degrees was 11% and for those not finishing high school it was 6.8%. .

    Bureau of Labor Statistics, as reported in the San Francisco Chronicle. Getting a degree pays off with higher salary. August 18, 2007. Available at HYPERLINK "http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/18/BUQ5RKS4J.DTL" http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/18/BUQ5RKS4J.DTL

  • A review found that socioeconomic status (educational grade, occupation or income) was inversely associated with psychosocial factors linked to CHD, particularly hostility and depression.

    Skodova Z, Nagyova I, van Dijk JP, Sudzinova A, Vargova H, Studencan M, Reijneveld SA. 2008. Socioeconomic differences in psychosocial factors contributing to coronary heart disease: A review. Journal of Clinical Psychology In Medical Settings 15(3):204-213.

  • Education may improve health because it results in greater resources including access to health care. In addition, as incomes rise, willingness to pay for health improvements also increases.

    Cutler DM. 2006. Education and Health: Evaluating Theories and Evidence. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 12352.