Key to a long life lies in this personality trait
Hindustan TimesPeople who are generous or those are in for sharing more may live longer, according to a study published in the journal PNAS Study links this trait with the key to a long life In their analysis, Fanny Kluge and Tobias Vogt found a strong linear relationship between a society’s generosity and the average life expectancy of its members. Sub-Saharan African countries such as Senegal share the lowest percentage of their lifetime income and have the highest mortality rate of all the countries studied. “Our analyses suggest that redistribution influences the mortality rate of a country, regardless of the per capita gross domestic product,” said Fanny Kluge. In France and Japan, the two countries with the lowest mortality rates of all the countries studied, an average citizen shares between 68 and 69 per cent of their lifetime income.
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