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Article: Mixed neighborhoods better for low-income health.(Health And Long Term Care)(Brief Article)
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- Community Action
- Article date:
- October 25, 2004
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OTTAWA -- Low income people report somewhat better health if they share their neighborhoods with more affluent and better educated individuals, according to a Statistic Canada report, Neighbourhood Inequality, Relative Deprivation and Self-perceived Health Status.
In neighbourhoods with a large proportion of affluent families and well-educated individuals, self-reported health status was higher among low-income persons than was the case for their counterparts in less affluent ...