Good news for Hyacinth Bucket of BBC sitcom fame – social climbing makes you live longer.
The higher people rate their social standing, the lower the risk of premature mortality, says new research.
Those – like Patricia Routledge’s sharp-elbowed character in Keeping Up Appearances – who place themselves in the upper part of the social ladder, are 40 per cent less likely to die young, according to research in Health Psychology.
Status-related stress, and greater confidence, and increased optimism, may be implicated, say researchers.
Hyacinth once told viewers: ‘If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s snobbery and one-upmanship. People trying to pretend they’re
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