NordenBladet – Why are some people wealthier than others? There are several reasons, but one of them is related to your social network. When we grow up in a circle where people from a higher as well as from a lower socio-economic status communicate with each other, then this may advance the chances of our children to increase their future economic well-being.
Scientists from the USA looked into the friendships of 70 million people in the social media channel Facebook. The age of the researched group was 25-44 years. Scientists drew conclusions about the person’s socio-economic well-being based on their address, school, median income, and their cell phone model.
The research proved that when poorer people have contacts with the wealthier people, then also the poorer people will move upwards in the socio-economic status. This means that children from the lower socio-economic class growing up in the neighbourhoods where people have contacts despite the socioeconomic background, their incomes as grown-ups would be one fifth higher.
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Source: NordenBladet.ee