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The point that surprised me the most was the study about lower salaries for non-drinkers (-12.8% for men and -25.5% for women). While the study is from 1988 I'm
by sdfx 17y ago
The point that surprised me the most was the study about lower salaries for non-drinkers (-12.8% for men and -25.5% for women). While the study is from 1988 I'm curious how much has changed in the meantime. Although I'm in doubt that the sole reason for this discrepancy is the willingness to drink.
Maybe you earn more in the investigated industries if you are an outgoing "people person". And maybe you are more likely to drink if you are outgoing. It's the old causation/correlation thing. But still interesting.
- Mz 17y agoMaybe non-drinkers simply have different priorities. My recollection is that more education is strongly correlated with less smoking and that it is a stronger correlation than the one between more income and less smoking. In other words, well educated people who don't make a whole lot of money are still less likely to smoke. Often, well educated people who don't make much money have consciously chosen to pursue some other priority which they value more than a high income.
- gaius 17y agoI am REALLY suspicious of statistics like that. Are we including people too young to drink (21 in the US) who will be on much lower pay anyway? Let's see it as "people in industry X in city Y age Z" and I bet it's not so much.