Decomposing race and gender differences in underweight and obesity in South Africa

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-40

  Averett, Susan L ^a   Stacey, Nicholas ^b   Wang, Yang ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fairlie decomposition; Obesity; South Africa; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; UNDERWEIGHT; AGED; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; THINNESS;

EID: 84920025542     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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