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TIL (would have said less alcohol consumption was correlated with income and education)
Am to understand drinking is smart? Take that Huberman!
How interesting! For certain types of consumption I guess it makes sense, thinking the glass of wine every evening type behavior.
Itâs a common misconception. Stats look the same in uk and here in NZ. Numbers also prob skewed because my gen (X) the worst drinkers so being older prob sit in the higher income level. Number might reduce as more genZ (who drink less) get into higher wage bracket.
Itâs a funny myth really to assume that âlow income will mean higher drinkingâ - total stereotype. And narrative that âmiddle classâ drinking is acceptable vs ⌠I have mid teen kids and the kids who already drinking a lot are private school kids whose parents think âwas fine in our dayââŚ.
And, even more intriguing, the trend is the inverse when it comes to cigarette smoking. (Sauce: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/adult_data/cig_smoking/index.htm)
They need more buckets $100k+ buckets middle class coastal tech workers with some likely interesting high-net-worth demos
would be interested in the correlation to destructive behavior for the yesses though
religion probably plays a bit of a factor. coastal folk make more and are a bit more libertine that their landlocked, more pious counterparts. small area I grew up in had one bar on the outskirts of town, very few drank.
Not surprised by this, the wealthiest people I know drink like fish and also happen to be highly educated
This is a classic chapter in Emily Osterâs Expecting Better book which I bet a huge portion of parentcasters here have read :) The higher socioeconomic skew is the main confounding factor in estimating whether alcohol during pregnancy is bad.
it is. just most of it is consumed by a small percent of poorer people https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/25/think-you-drink-a-lot-this-chart-will-tell-you/
If make the argument that lower income families (lower Ed) are less likely to admit to drinking vs. higher income (high Ed) will just say what they actually do because thatâs what you do at that level.
Could be, but let's not forget about this very real fallacy: https://twitter.com/mc10crypto/status/1608772068757377024?s=46&t=tGSUKNg39RCB6wb-xjqKig
These numbers are must likely not to be trusted for so many reasons. The only way I'd trust this type of stats is of it were made based on SSN/DLN joined with purchase history (bar, store) joined with education history. Nothing self reported. Also with a good and diverse sample size.
The more you know about how the world actually works, the more often you need a break from thinking about it.
The "yes, I drink" does a lot of lifting. Would have been better if some qualifier of how often was included
My theory is that drinking (and hangovers) are time-consuming and expensive habits (both money and health). Indulgence requires time and money. Makes sense to me!
US college => binge drinking Doesnât happen in other countries at university as much
The guy split the data and concluded that with more income and education alcohol was a cultured tasteful thing vs a cope for less income and education.