system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Why does a higher level of overall education in a society correspond with a lesser incidence of social problems? 

It has been shown to generally correspond, but why?

Is it that educated people make better decisions about whatever social problem we happen to be talking about (safe sex, domestic abuse, etc.)? Do they make better decisions because they have better information on that subject **in particular**?

Or is that higher education levels makes those sorts of behaviors less attractive because of the opportunities available to them?

In other words, is it the specific education about the social problem or is it a side effect of higher levels of education?
gpt
There is also a discipline that is learned through course work that teaches people to analyze situations before taking action. The further education takes someone, the more important proper analytical thinking becomes.  This does not mean that a person who is less educated is more prone to illegal or immoral action, or a person that is more educated is less prone to illegal or immoral action; rather a further educated person is more apt to think out the action, and the consequences of the action, before deciding to follow through with the action.  This does not seem to equate with crimes of passion.