Looks and Longevity: Do Prettier People Live Longer?
Looks and Longevity: Do Prettier People Live Longer?
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- Little is known about the association between facial attractiveness and longevity
- We analyze how attractiveness based on yearbook pictures is linked to longevity
- We find that the least attractive 1/6th had a significantly Higher Hazard of mortality
- The least attractive 1/6th of women lived almost 2 years less than others at 20.
- The least attractive 1/6th of men lived almost 1 years less than others at 20.
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Any relationship found with cause of death?
And hopefully they controlled for parental income...
6 0 ReplyIf you read the paper...
This finding remained robust to the inclusion of covariates describing high-school achievement, intelligence, family background, earnings as adults, as well as mental and physical health in middle adulthood.
4 0 ReplyThank you!
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