Being healthy is not only healthy for you, it's important because it can help you feel confident in yourself and you can receive more energy during the day. As children we all think that school is boring and we would rather spend time with our friends than sit in class and listen to the teacher, but the fact is that the higher education level that you acquire may be directly related to your health. The education you receive can also help you because it will increase your knowledge and you will better understand how to take care of yourself, what I mean by that is becoming aware of your symptoms earlier and deciding if they are It's something minor like a cold or something serious like the flu. There is also a link between your gender and your health knowledge. The study showed that education had a greater impact on women than men. “To consider the possibility that the impact of education on health knowledge differs between men and women, we re-estimated the models by adding an interaction variable between attendance and a dichotomous variable to indicate whether no one is a woman. The results, presented in Altindag et al. (2010) demonstrate that the impact of education is greater for women and that, in some alcohol-related issues, such as alcohol dependence and alcohol-induced liver damage, education has an impact on the health knowledge of women but not men. » (Cannonier, C, Altindag, D. 2011). Methods used In the 2007 Hints survey, the question was “Are you a man or a woman?” Only two answers could be selected: the first answer was a man, while the second answer was a woman. The data was collected by telephone and mail, the number of respondents was 7,665. The number of males in ...... middle of paper ......dence among males. This is to keep in mind only how they feel about taking care of themselves, not how they actually take care of themselves, which could affect the data acquired. Works CitedCannonier, C. and Altindag, D. (2011). The impact of education on health knowledge. Review of Educational Economics, 30(5), 792-812. ^ Frankfort-Nachmias and Leon-Guerrero: Social Statistics for a Diverse Society, Sixth Edition. YS, Parc, YS, Allegrante, JP, Marks, R., Ok, H., Ok Cho, K. and Garber, CE 2012 Relationship between physical activity and general mental health. Preventive Medicine 55(5), 458-463.http://hints.cancer.gov/question-details.aspx?dataset=2007&qid=881&qdid=2350&method=Combined