Explaining the Female Black-White Obesity Gap: A Decomposition Analysis of Proximal Causes

Demography

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1429-1450

  Johnston, David W ^a   Lee, Wang Sheng ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355171406     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0064-x     Document Type: Article

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