Is Intergenerational Social Mobility Related to the Type and Amount of Physical Activity in Mid-Adulthood? Results from the 1946 British Birth Cohort Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 487-498

  Silverwood, Richard J ^a   Pierce, Mary ^b   Nitsch, Dorothea ^a   Mishra, Gita D ^c   Kuh, Diana ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohort Study; Education; Exercise; Leisure Activities; Occupation; Physical Activity; Social Mobility; Socioeconomic Position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYCLING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; WALKING; WORKER;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MOBILITY;

EID: 84861928282     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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