Socio-spatial patterns of neighborhood effects on adult obesity in Taiwan: A multi-level model

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 823-833

  Chen, Duan Rung ^a   Wen, Tzai Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Health inequality; Neighborhood; Obesity; Socioeconomic position; Spatial dependence; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ADULT; AUTOCORRELATION; BODY MASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH STATUS; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED HIERARCHICAL LINEAR MODEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

TAIWAN;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 77950344834     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.11.030     Document Type: Article

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