Ethnic disparities in adolescent body mass index in the United States: The role of parental socioeconomic status and economic contextual factors

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 469-476

  Powell, Lisa M ^a   Wada, Roy ^a   Krauss, Ramona C ^a   Wang, Youfa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Body mass index; Ethnic disparity; Oaxaca Blinder decomposition; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BODY MASS; ETHNIC CONFLICT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOOD; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARKET; NEGRO; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESTAURANTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861659656     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.019     Document Type: Article

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