News tagged with economic status

Upper class people more likely to cheat: study

The upper class has a higher propensity for unethical behavior, being more likely to believe – as did Gordon Gekko in the movie "Wall Street" – that "greed is good," according to a new study from ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (45) | comments 239 | with audio podcast

The rich have more money but the poor are rich in heart: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world could one day be an economically equal place, if the lower-income population have anything to do with it. In an interesting yet disheartening series of socioeconomic experiments, led by a team of ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (33) | comments 71 | with audio podcast report

Childhood obesity linked to neighborhood social and economic status

Children in King County, Washington, are more likely to be obese if they live in socially disadvantaged neighborhoods. This is according to a team of researchers at Seattle Children's Research Institute, the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vaccination coverage improves among low-income children, but disparities persist

More children in low-income households are receiving childhood vaccinations on schedule than in previous years, but disparities based on economic status remain, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Pediatrics & ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0