Obesity inequality in Malaysia: Decomposing differences by gender and ethnicity using quantile regression

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 493-511

  Dunn, Richard A ^a   Tan, Andrew K G ^b   Nayga, Rodolfo M ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

decomposition; health disparities; Malaysia; obesity; quantile regression

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84868619943     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2012.661407     Document Type: Article

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