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Nonoyama, Atsuko Stokes, C. Shannon Santell, Ross Simpson, Pippa Gossett, Jeffrey M. |
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Effects of Mother's Employment in Early Childhood on the Risk of Overweight in Adolescence: Regional Comparisons In: Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics Program: Executive Report, USDA Economic Research Service Report, US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, October 2006. Also: http://srdc.msstate.edu/ridge/files/recipients/04_atsuko_final.pdf Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Child Health; Maternal Employment; Obesity; Weight; Work Hours/Schedule Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study used data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) and from the NLSY79 Children and Young Adults. The study estimated whether the average number of hours mothers worked per week during their children's early childhood (measured at 4 years old) affected the children's chances of becoming overweight in adolescence (measured at either 15 or 16). To assess geographic variations in this association, a multivariate logistic regression model was estimated for each of four U.S. regions: Northeast, North Central, South, and West. An indepth analysis was conducted for only the South because it has the highest prevalence of overweight children. The total sample included 1,874 children (777 for the South) born between 1979 and 1985, overrepresenting racial minority and economically disadvantaged groups. Control variables used in logistic regression models included hours the mother worked during her child's adolescence, mother's body mass index (BMI), whether the mother was a teenager when the child was born, whether the mother was single in the child's early childhood, years of education the mother completed by the time her child became an adolescent, sex and race of the child, household income, and urban residence. |
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Nonoyama, Atsuko, C. Shannon Stokes, Ross Santell, Pippa Simpson and Jeffrey M. Gossett. "Effects of Mother's Employment in Early Childhood on the Risk of Overweight in Adolescence: Regional Comparisons." In: Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics Program: Executive Report, USDA Economic Research Service Report, US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, October 2006. |