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Re:Association Between Sauna Bathing and All-Cause Mortality... by fsloth on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @02:03PM (#9108756)
A large portion of houses in finland have a sauna - it's as common as a tub (ok, I don't have exact statistics but more or less). Usually in the least apartment buildings have a common sauna. The cost of usage is neglible. Public saunas in swimming halls etc are not very expensive. The income level is not a factor (what ever the quality of the research may be)
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Re:Association Between Sauna Bathing and All-Cause Mortality... by nawitus on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @03:38PM (#9109379)
I would think it's very uncommon for people living in apartment buildings to go to a sauna 4-7 times a week (I believe that's often not even possible due to various rules). When you add in that there's some correlation between lack of wealth and living in apartment buildings I don't think you can rule out income level that easily.
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