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Hjorth-Trolle, Anders Molitoris, Joseph |
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Do Siblings Take the Weight Off Our Shoulders? The Causal Effect of Family Size on the Risk of Overweight and Obesity During Childhood Presented: Chicago IL, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2017 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Childhood; Family Size; Obesity; Siblings Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Nearly 20% of children are currently considered to be obese in the United States, a figure that continues to rise (Ogden et al., 2016). In recent years, researchers have increasingly focused attention on family composition as one possible risk factor associated with childhood obesity and overweight, as there are consistent indications that singletons are at significantly higher risk than children with siblings. Unfortunately, few studies reporting such findings have attempted to account for the likely endogenous relationship between family size and children's obesity and overweight risks, making it difficult to ascertain if these are causally related. This study addresses this deficiency by using data from the NLSY79 to estimate difference-in-differences models to identify the causal effect of an increase in family size on children's risk of obesity. Preliminary results suggest that, once unobserved heterogeneity is accounted for, the relationship between family size and obesity and overweight risks disappears. |
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Hjorth-Trolle, Anders and Joseph Molitoris. "Do Siblings Take the Weight Off Our Shoulders? The Causal Effect of Family Size on the Risk of Overweight and Obesity During Childhood." Presented: Chicago IL, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2017. |