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Note that this is a narrow look based on salaries. Education levels correlate with a wide range of other things. For example, from the CDC: > Adults without a
by tyre 5y ago
Note that this is a narrow look based on salaries. Education levels correlate with a wide range of other things.
For example, from the CDC:
> Adults without a high school degree or equivalent had the highest self-reported obesity (38.8%), followed by adults with some college (34.1%) or high school graduates (34.0%), and then by college graduates (25.0%).
9 percentage points is a considerable difference. One in eleven people.
Obesity is linked with a host of health conditions, both chronic and acute. These incur higher medical costs.
Lower education levels also highly correlate with susceptibility to misinformation, watching more television, and lower self-reported life satisfaction.
Comparing salaries isn’t all that useful in measuring the impact of education.
- thebigman433 5y agoYea I really wish articles like this would include other factors too. Having a college degree lowers your chances of getting a significant amount of health problems
- fallingknife 5y agocorrelation != causation
- randomdata 5y agoSeems more likely that not being prone to significant health problems enables you to find greater success in school.
- imtringued 5y agoLevel of education is correlated with myopia. Spending time outside in sunlight tends to prevent myopia.
- wing-_-nuts 5y agoOn the other hand, maybe people who can successfully graduate college are more conscientious, and are better able to maintain a healthy diet. Proper diet and exercise isn't rocket science, it's just hard to find the motivation to do it.
- mym1990 5y agoIf people rely on motivation to have a proper diet and exercise, that sounds very painful. Motivation is a very fleeting feeling, something more sustained has to be in place. Instead I think it comes down to the habits that people have developed. Motivation does help in starting that ball rolling, but once you have developed a habit of doing something, it becomes a lot easier.
- wing-_-nuts 5y agoMotivation gets you started, discipline gets it done. Much the same with college. I was not good with math, but I busted my ass studying at the 'math lab' in college, so much so that the TAs said they were going to start charging me rent :^). The sort of person who's motivated and disciplined enough to get a college education is probably the sort that can stick with a diet and not buy that delicious looking strawberry cheesecake at the bakery (ummph).
- mym1990 5y agoI don't know, I ate a ton of junk food in college due to stress eating while studying haha. But completely agree with your points!
- mcguire 5y agoHere's a goodly list of other benefits: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259912440_On_the_non-monetary_benefits_of_tertiary_education/link/0c96052e835588c4c4000000/download https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259912440_On_the_no...