Heterogeneity of income and lifestyle determinants of body weight among adult women in Mexico, 2006

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 120-128

  Colchero, M A ^a   Sosa Rubi S G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Endogeneity; Income; Instrumental variables; Latent class models; Lifestyles; Mexico; Women

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CROSS SECTION; HETEROGENEITY; INCOME; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; LIFESTYLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LATENT CLASS MODEL; LIFESTYLE; MEXICO; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SITTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUGAR INTAKE; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; MEXICO; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84860654384     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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