Higher socioeconomic status correlates with higher noise sensitivity

Evidence

An investigation carried out on 3,445 persons exposed to noise in Amsterdam by Meijer et al. (1985) demonstrated that the people with higher sensitivity to noise belonged to a higher socioeconomic status. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 933

Categorization

• XREF: Resonates with the reader’s environmental-justice and class threads across the polyad. — connects to: Individual differences in noise annoyance stem from noise sensitivity — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 1534; Noise-sensitive people differ physiologically and psychologically from non-sensitive ones — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 925; Cultural background outweighs sound energy in perceived noise — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 1537 (+1 more)
• QUESTION: Possible class explanation: affluent subjects expect quiet and experience noise as intrusion versus adaptation. Worth chasing.

Broader Connections

• Social and demographic factors shape how people evaluate urban sound levels #corroborates (0.80) — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 2077
• Cultural background outweighs sound energy in perceived noise #complicates (0.75) — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1537