Relationship between low salary and deterioration of memory

A recent study, conducted by Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, established a relationship between lower employee salaries and deteriorating memory levels.

Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported that the results of the study were published in the American Journal of Epidemiology and were presented at the International Conference of the Alzheimer's Association (AAIC) to promote diverse perspectives.

This association was observed in the initial sample after she and her colleagues categorized study participants according to their wage levels from 1992 to 2004, said Katrina Kizzius, a researcher in the Department of Epidemiology at Columbia University.

The researchers then examined the relationship of lower salary and memory decline over the 12-year period from 2004 to 2016, and found that lower-paid people experienced significantly faster memory decline with age.

The study revealed that the level of cognitive aging experienced by those with permanent low wages over a 10-year period is the same as that experienced by other moderate wage earners over an 11-year period.

Keysius noted that the study's findings suggest that social policies that promote the financial well-being of low-paid workers may be particularly beneficial for cognitive health.

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