- How high income inequality is hurting America’s health, By Aimee Picchi, April 2, 2015, CBS News: “The widening divide between rich and poor is impacting more than the bank accounts of the have and have-nots. It’s also putting measurable stress on Americans’ health. Residents of communities with high levels of income inequality are more likely to suffer from negative health outcomes than those who live in more equal counties, according to recent research from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program, a collaboration between the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation…”
- Income inequality: It’s also bad for your health, By Margot Sanger-Katz, March 30, 2015, New York Times: “We know that living in a poor community makes you less likely to live a long life. New evidence suggests that living in a community with high income inequality also seems to be bad for your health. A study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute examined a series of risk factors that help explain the health (or sickness) of counties in the United States. In addition to the suspects you might expect — a high smoking rate, a lot of violent crime — the researchers found that people in unequal communities were more likely to die before the age of 75 than people in more equal communities, even if the average incomes were the same…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty