Do wealth and inequality associate with health in a small-scale subsistence society?
In high-income countries, one’s relative socio-economic position and economic inequality may affect health and well-being, arguably via psychosocial stress. We tested this in a small-scale subsistence society, the Tsimane, by associating relative household wealth (n = 871) and community-level wealth...
Main Authors: | Adrian V Jaeggi, Aaron D Blackwell, Christopher von Rueden, Benjamin C Trumble, Jonathan Stieglitz, Angela R Garcia, Thomas S Kraft, Bret A Beheim, Paul L Hooper, Hillard Kaplan, Michael Gurven |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2021-05-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/59437 |
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