A new study conducted by Statistics Canada has concluded that Canadians who earn high incomes can have up to ten years more healthy living than the country’s poorest citizens, reported the Times Colonist.

The study is based on a quality of life rating that is determined by eight basic health attributes including mobility, pain, emotion, thinking and memory. Socioeconomic status is related to differences in lifestyle choices such as diet and nutrition, stress level, and behaviours such as drinking and smoking.

The study found that men in the top income group at 25-years-old can have 11.4 more years of full health than those in the bottom income, while the gap for women is slightly less at 9.7 years.