The Relation Between Income and Health Can Be Summarized as Follows

question 16

Multiple Choice

The relation between income and health can be summarized as follows:

• A) Absolute income predicts health outcomes for low levels of income, whereas income relative to those around one predicts health outcomes for high levels of income.
• B) There is a linear relation between absolute income and health, but a curvilinear relation between relative income and health.
• C) Income is largely unrelated to health once you control for dietary practices.
• D) Wealthy people have poor health because of all the stress they experience.
• E) More wealth will always cause more happiness, which causes people to be healthier.

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