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Re:The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News by learc83 on Thursday August 08, 2019 @11:36AM (#20645499)
The study mentioned here indicates otherwise https://www.tuck.com/the-inequality-of-sleep/

"the likelihood of short sleep increased with greater poverty"

Poor people are much more likely to work irregular shifts and night shifts, which have a serious impact on sleep.

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Re:The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News by FussyZeus on Thursday August 08, 2019 @12:10PM (#20645798)
And more importantly, even if the wealthy get less sleep, that's by their choice, not circumstance. A poor person loses sleep because they have 2 jobs and the shifts don't line up. A rich person loses sleep because they've taken on too much to do of their own volition, any amount of which they could abstain from with little consequence.
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Re:The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News by mruts on Friday August 09, 2019 @09:21AM (#20654018)
It’s more complicated than that: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2861987/
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Re:The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News by learc83 on Sunday August 11, 2019 @05:42AM (#20667312)
Your study supports my point and harms yours. From your study:

Lower income and educational attainment was associated with more sleep complaints. Employment was associated with less sleep complaints and unemployment with more.

Rates of sleep complaints in African-American, Hispanic/Latino and Asian/Other groups were similar to Whites. Lower socioeconomic status was associated with higher rates of sleep complaint.

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