whilst the overall share of people reporting poor health is smaller than in other nordic countries the gradient by educational level is no less pronounced see figure women also report poorer health across all levels of education furthermore people with lower levels of education no training or short training are more likely to have a longterm illness of respondents with no training compared to of respondents with or more years education or be very bothered by pain or discomfort with no education and with short training compared with of respondents with or more years education that people with or more years of education