www.ucl.ac.uk/whitehallII (ongoing since 1985)
examined the health of 10,308 (British) civil servants aged 35 to 55, of whom two thirds were men and one third women.
According to Whitehall study researchers, "a steep inverse association between social class, as assessed by grade of employment, and mortality from a wide range of diseases" has been demonstrated. Summing up the moral of the Whitehall studies, the researchers concluded that "more attention should be paid to the social environments, job design, and the consequences of income inequality."...
This seems counter-intuitive: one usually thinks of those with the most decision-making responsibility as the ones with the most stressful lives.
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