So it turns out Underwater Basket Weaving wasn’t just a four-year junket with a diploma souvenir. It was actually an investment in your midlife health. Really? Really.
It turns out that your college major might predict your midlife health.
New research suggests another telling indicator could be added to that list: What was your college major?
A first-of-its-kind study finds one’s chosen field of undergraduate study “is a statistically significant, and substantively important, predictor of health status in midlife.”
“Compared to adults who majored in one of the most health-advantaged fields—business—adults majoring in some fields, such as psychology/social work and law/public policy, have nearly twice the odds of poor health,” reports a research team led by Syracuse University sociologist Jennifer Karas Montez. (Source: PSMag.com)
Humbug. Curious if your college major did / didn’t set you up for a midlife crisis? Read the full article HERE.