A comparison of Australian families' expenditure on active and screen-based recreation using the ABS Household Expenditure Survey 2003/04

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 238-245

  Aitken, Robert ^a   King, Lesley ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Household consumption; Leisure activities; Obesity prevention; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BUDGET; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY LIFE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LEISURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; RECREATION; TELEVISION;

EID: 47249088210     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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