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Employment helps white men’s health more than women and blacks

  • Written by Shervin Assari, Research Investigator of Psychiatry and Public Health, University of Michigan
imageWhite men gain more health benefits from employment than do black men and women. Angela Waye/from www.shutterstock.com

Employment can be a big boost to health, conferring up to 10 extra years of life, but not if you are black or female. In fact, in the United States, employment gives most of its health advantage to white men, particularly those who...

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