Homeowners are fatter?
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In fact, homeowners were on average 12 pounds heavier, and they spent less time with friends. They also reported more "pain" – the term used in the study's survey – deriving from their homes than renters. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-tuhusdubrow_19edi.State.Edition1.25d3689.html ------------- didn't know that one. loved this part, to get rid of cliches that most middle class have: Instead of starting with a presumption in favor of homeownership, he asks, "Why don't we help people make informed choices?"
Married people are fatter than unmarried people.
Older people are fatter than younger people.
Homeowners are more likely to be older and fatter than non-homeowners.
I mean homeowners are more likely to be older and married than non-homeowner
Did you read the article? Control for other factors is directly addressed, and it is exactly the opposite of what you are asserting.
In fact, when other factors aren't controlled for, the studies found benefits to owning. It is only when you introduce control factors into the study that you find no benefits to homeownership -- and that homeowners are heavier.
This finding applies only to homo sapiens ohioanis
uf, tons of studies (retail especially) use samples from ohio. they claim they represent the typical middle class in USA, midwest ok, but from the coasts!?!!? wft!?!? they seem to me as people from totally different countries (NYC versus ohio)