From: NPR
Higher-Earning Households Tend To Spend More Time Alone
May 23, 2016
NPR:
A new study finds that wealthier people spend less time socializing. NPR’s Linda Wertheimer talks with Emily Bianchi of Emory University about how income levels affect how people spend their time.
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WERTHEIMER: So what is the answer? How does income affect how people spend their time?
BIANCHI: Well, what we found is that people who live in wealthier households tend to spend more time alone. And they tend to spend less time socializing with other people.
WERTHEIMER: Any other people or particular other people?
BIANCHI: Well, what we found was that people who are in households with higher income tend to spend less time with family, less time with neighbors. But they do spend more time with friends.
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