Socioeconomic status and lifestyle choices: Evidence from latent class analysis

Health Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 971-984

  Øvrum, Arnstein ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

fruits and vegetables; latent class analysis; lifestyles; physical activity; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT CLASS MODEL; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL STATUS; VEGETABLE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NORWAY; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL CLASS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79959970483     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1662     Document Type: Article

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