Rich Get More Sleep Than Poor

An example of the health impact of socioeconomic status, a study found that - surprisingly - the higher one's income, the more sleep one tended to get:

The amount of sleep people got increased with their income, and this effect was stronger for the black participants than the whites.

There are a number of potential explanations for the findings, Lauderdale noted. People who make less money may have more worries that prevent them from sleeping well. They could be living in noisier, less comfortable environments, and they may have more health problems.

The racial and economic sleep differences detected in this study could help explain the well-known disparities in health that exist between blacks and whites, [the reseracher] added.

American Journal of Epidemiology, July 1, 2006, as reported by Reuters, June 29, 2006.

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