• Korkki@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    I feel like this just another one of those: “hey look also this bad thing correlates with poverty” type of studies.

    • RamRabbit@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Does social deprivation and poverty correlate? In my experience they have an inverse correlation: those in poverty being more likely to engage with others.

      • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        Apparently “social deprivation” does not mean “lonely,” it just means poor. It actually includes “overcrowding” as a measure of deprivation, so opposite of lonely.

        To measure the deprivation of an area they primarily used the well-established Townsend Deprivation Index. The Townsend Deprivation Index measures deprivation using practical indicators like unemployment, overcrowding, and home or car ownership to measure material deprivation of different areas.

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    4 days ago

    They clearly need small children to come by and lick their food. Share some of that bacteria. /s