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Is 'wealth' one of the confounding factors they controlled for? In inflation-adjusted terms, most US workers saw a reduction in net wages after necessary expens
by floatingatoll 6y ago
Is 'wealth' one of the confounding factors they controlled for? In inflation-adjusted terms, most US workers saw a reduction in net wages after necessary expenses over this ten year period.
- eeZah7Ux 6y agoWhy the downvotes? There's been a skyrocketing increase in consumption of junk food in low-wage worker class who often can't find the time to cook and cannot afford more expensive healthy food.
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoThat relative reduction in wages happened over the same time living standards skyrocketed (turns out if you offshore everything the newly poor people can afford slightly better material conditions because everything is so much cheaper) so you're gonna have a hell of a time separating the effects.
- floatingatoll 6y agoYes. I ask because relative reduction in wages would decrease access to foods with a high density of unprocessed and non-fortified nutrients, regardless of the quality of the non-edible materials in their life. When combined with the tendency of US food to decrease in total non-fortified nutrient value over time, it could influencing the human body's hormone production.