##  [Educational Attainment-Health Gradient](/index.php/educational-attainment-health-gradient) 

  ##  [Educational Attainment-Health Gradient](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/educational-attainment-health-gradient-0) 

  

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Definition

A systematic, graded association across populations in which increasing levels of formal educational attainment (measured as years of schooling, highest degree, or comparable credential) are associated with progressively better health outcomes, lower prevalence of many chronic conditions, and longer life expectancy, mediated by resources, health behaviors, access to care, and social determinants.