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Maternal employment, childcare and childhood overweight during infancy
McDonnell, Thérèse; Doyle, Orla - 2014
This paper examines the relationship between maternal employment, childcare during infancy and the overweight status of pre-school children. Using data from the Infant Cohort of the Growing-Up in Ireland Survey, propensity score matching addresses the issue of potential selection bias, quantile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418096
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Maternal employment, childcare and childhood overweight during infancy
McDonnell, Thérèse; Doyle, Orla - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010465683
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Maternal employment, childcare and childhood overweight during infancy
McDonnell, Thérèse; Doyle, Orla - 2014
This paper examines the relationship between maternal employment, childcare during infancy and the overweight status of pre-school children. Using data from the Infant Cohort of the Growing-Up in Ireland Survey, propensity score matching addresses the issue of potential selection bias, quantile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507661
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Maternal employment and childhood obesity: A European perspective
Gwozdz, Wencke; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; Reisch, Lucia A.; … - 2013
political and public rhetoric to negative effects on child development, including obesity. We analyse this association between … maternal employment and childhood obesity using rich objective reports of various anthropometric and other measures of fatness … measures and information from nutritional diaries, we also investigate the effects of maternal employment on obesity's main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313114
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Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity: A European Perspective
Gwozdz, Wencke; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; Reisch, Lucia A.; … - 2013
political and public rhetoric to negative effects on child development, including obesity. We analyse this association between … maternal employment and childhood obesity using rich objective reports of various anthropometric and other measures of fatness … measures and information from nutritional diaries, we also investigate the effects of maternal employment on obesity's main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319507
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Maternal employment and childhood overweight in Germany
Meyer, Sophie-Charlotte - 2015
A widespread finding among studies from the US and the UK is that maternal employment is correlated with an increased risk of child overweight, even in a causal manner, whereas studies from European countries obtain less conclusive results. As evidence for Germany is still scarce, the purpose of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335006
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Maternal employment and childhood obesity : a European perspective
Gwozdz, Wencke (contributor);  … - 2013
political and public rhetoric to negative effects on child development, including obesity. We analyse this association between … maternal employment and childhood obesity using rich objective reports of various anthropometric and other measures of fatness … measures and information from nutritional diaries, we also investigate the effects of maternal employment on obesity's main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009751610
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Maternal employment and childhood obesity in China : evidence from the China health and nutrition survey
Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2014
employment and obesity in children aged 3-17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for … grandparenting could have beneficial effects on childhood obesity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257592
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Maternal employment and childhood obesity in China : evidence from the China health and nutrition survey
Nie, Peng; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2014
employment and obesity in children aged 3 - 17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for … grandparenting could have beneficial effects on childhood obesity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260064
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Is maternal employment related to childhood obesity? : institutions and policies affect whether working mothers raise heavier children
Gwozdz, Wencke - 2016
Childhood obesity has been rising steadily in most parts of the world. Popular speculation attributes some of that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514597