The multidimensional relationship between early adult body weight and women's childbearing experiences

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1703-1711

  Frisco, Michelle L ^a   Weden, Margaret M ^b   Lippert, Adam M ^a   Burnett, Kristin D ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Childbearing; Fertility; Gender; Life course; Obesity; Race ethnicity; USA; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; CHILDBEARING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; OBESITY; RACIAL IDENTITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; OBESITY; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860234584     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.018     Document Type: Article

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