Maternal employment and childhood obesity: A search for mechanisms in time use data

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 352-364

  Cawley, John ^a   Liu, Feng ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Children; Employment; Health; Obesity; Time use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKING TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBESITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN, WORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864619377     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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