Can school income and racial/ethnic composition explain the racial/ethnic disparity in adolescent physical activity participation?

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2158-2166

  Richmond, Tracy K ^a,e   Hayward, Rodney A ^b   Gahagan, Sheila ^c   Field, Alison E ^a,d   Heisler, Michele ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Physical activity; Racial ethnic disparities; School environments

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HISPANIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 33745324097     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1920     Document Type: Article

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