Measures of the intergenerational transmission of body mass index between mothers and their children in the United States, 1981-2004

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-43

  Classen, Timothy J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergenerational mobility; Obesity; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74849119082     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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