Risk of disability rises in states with income inequality
November 15th, 2007From United Press International, Science Daily:
Americans living in states with wide income gaps are more likely than others to have disabilities affecting daily tasks, researchers said.
“We’ve always known personal income and education can affect one’s health outcomes,” said Esme Fuller-Thomson, study co-author and assistant professor of social work at the University of Toronto. “What we didn’t know until now was the substantial strength of the relationship between state-level income inequality and disability.”
The research, Fuller-Thomson said, shows “individuals have a higher likelihood of physical disability when they live in states where wealth is distributed very unevenly.”
The findings are published in the November issue of the British journal Public Health.
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