Moving to another area can make you happier
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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In order to be healthy and happy, you do not need to have a bag of money, for this it is enough to be ... Poor.
It turns out that a person with a low income level can become healthier mentally and physically if he changes the area to a more well-organized one. This is evidenced by the research of the University of Chicago, published September 20 in the journal "Issues of Modern Science".
As reported by ILIVE, the risk of developing diabetes depends on the area in which you live.
Despite the fact that the movement may not be related to the improvement of the material condition of the family, people still experience important events in their lives.
Using data from large randomized social studies, the authors found that profitable segregation has a greater impact than racial segregation.
"This discovery is very important, in part because the pace of racial segregation has begun to decline since 1970, but profitable segregation has survived to this day," said lead author of the study, Professor Jens Ludwig. "Thus, the problem of unfavorable regions remains relevant to this day and only becomes worse with time."
Focusing on income inequality diverts attention from low-income families facing the problem of segregation of the financial status of families.
"The fact that the segregation trend in connection with material prosperity persists in the United States for a long period does not benefit the overall well-being of the country," the professor emphasizes.
From 1994 to 1998, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development provided families of volunteers who agreed to participate in the study, orders for new apartments in five US cities: Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.
To compare the results, the scientists also observed a control group of volunteers who lived in the same dysfunctional housing conditions, but received no assistance from the state.
Those who agreed to move were in an extremely difficult economic situation. Most families, of African-American or Spanish descent, were only too happy to change their way of life in order to protect children from the influence of street gangs and drugs.
These people did not become richer, but having changed their place of residence to a more prosperous one, their mental and physical state improved markedly in comparison with the health indicators of the control group.
"These data speak of the problem of poor families in our country. It is very important to make every effort to improve their quality of life, "the researchers say.
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