A recent study in the United States by the Cancer Prevention Institute of California has shown that affluent young white women are nearly six times as likely to develop skin cancer melanoma compared to women from poorer backgrounds.
At its most basic level this can probably be put down to the fact that affluent women have more opportunities for tanning. They can afford a better standard of living which includes a better work life balance with time spent 
on the beach and more money to spend on sun beds and other beauty product treatments.
The study examined the relationship between melanoma occurrence, UV light exposure from either sun beds or sunbathing and socioeconomic status. Scientists looked at data from 3.800 white women and young girls between the ages of 15 and 39 in California two decades apart.
The results pointed to the higher disposable income and higher occurrences of melanoma.
The full study will appear in the July print issue of Archives of Dermatology.
