Parental Employment, Shared Parent–Child Activities and Childhood Obesity

Abstract We examine the effect of parental employment on child health as measured by children’s percentile body mass index (pBMI). Our investigation reveals that hours of parental employment are important determinants of child health. We find a highly significant role for the influence of fathers’ h...
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Autor*in:

Benson, Lisa [verfasserIn]

Mokhtari, Manouchehr

Format:

Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2011

Schlagwörter:

Child health

Childhood obesity

Family economics

Family policy

Paternal employment

Anmerkung:

© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Journal of family and economic issues - Springer US, 1992, 32(2011), 2 vom: 19. Feb., Seite 233-244

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:32 ; year:2011 ; number:2 ; day:19 ; month:02 ; pages:233-244

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s10834-011-9249-0

Katalog-ID:

OLC2063447330

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