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The article says they controlled for income.

• jdietrich 7y ago
  That's not the same as controlling for socio-economic status. A millennial living in a city-center apartment and a boomer living in a paid-up house in the suburbs might have the same income, but they have very different life circumstances and experience very different levels of stress.
  • learc83 7y ago
    They also controlled for "age, sex, annual household income, economic status (eg, employed, retired, or unemployed), highest educational qualification, and couple status". Taken together those are likely to capture socio-economic status in all but a few edge cases. With a very large study size, and a huge result (30% difference) it's unlikely that it can be explained by socioeconomic status. The study discusses this by the way.
    • jdietrich 7y ago
      >Taken together those are likely to capture socio-economic status in all but a few edge cases. Socio-economic status is notoriously difficult to control for. https://academic.oup.com/bmb/article/81-82/1/21/282643 https://academic.oup.com/bmb/article/81-82/1/21/282643
      • learc83 7y ago
        If this were a small study or found a small result, then edge cases like lower income millennials with no degree who live in inherited houses in wealthy areas with trees might skew the results. If you disagree with the studies methodology fine, but I'm satisfied that authors have done their due diligence with respect to socio-economic status.
        • 6gvONxR4sf7o 7y ago
          The authors, at least in OP, use "associated with" language.