Professor Daniel Rees and his colleagues studied sibling pairs, using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Children who have migraines were 5 percent less likely to graduate from high school and 15 percent less likely to attend college, and had grade-point averages five below their peers.
"There are lots of studies out there that try to get at the cost of migraine headaches to society, and what were arguing is that cost should include their effect on educational outcomes," Dr. Rees explained.
This study was presented at 84th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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