Persistently low wages linked to accelerated memory decline later in life, study finds

The level of salary will affect a person's standard of living, but you may not know that the level of salary also affects physical health

More importantly, low wages will make people feel unfulfilled, fall into self-doubt and self-pessimism, and trigger a series of family conflicts, parent-child conflicts, etc.

Early research has linked low wages with symptoms such as depression, obesity and high blood pressure

Recently, researchers from Columbia University in the United States published a research paper in the journal "American Epidemiology"

The study found that continuing to earn low wages in the prime of life was associated with an accelerated decline in memory later in life

For the study, the researchers analyzed data on 2,879 participants in the U.

Low wages were defined as hourly wages that were less than two-thirds of the average U.

It found that people who were always on low wages experienced significantly faster memory decline in old age than those who never received low wages

Specifically, they experienced about an additional year of cognitive aging every 10 years, in other words, the level of cognitive aging experienced in 10 years by people who were always low-wage was equivalent to 11 years in those who never made low-wage

Social policies that improve the financial well-being of low-wage workers may be particularly beneficial for cognitive health, the researchers say

As early as 2019, researchers from Harvard University in the United States published a research paper titled "Longitudinal Associations Between Income Changes and Incident Cardiovascular Disease" in the "JAMA Cardiology" journal of the American Medical Association

The researchers followed 9,000 participants for an average of 17 years

It found that participants whose salary increased by more than 50% during the study period were nearly 15% less likely to develop cardiovascular disease, while those who halved their salary had a 17% increased risk

The researchers said that the reasons for the decline in wages leading to cardiovascular problems are more complex.

In conclusion, wage levels affect a person's standard of living and health, and social policies that improve the financial well-being of low-wage workers may be particularly beneficial to health

While wages can affect our health, it's only one factor

Paper link:

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