Madden David
School of Economics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Econ Hum Biol. 2017 Nov;27(Pt A):114-125. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2017.05.004. Epub 2017 May 12.
This paper analyses the socioeconomic gradient of childhood obesity in Ireland using the Growing Up in Ireland data with three innovations compared to previous work in the area. A different measure of socioeconomic status, maternal education, is employed. In addition, the depth and severity of obesity are examined as well as the incidence. Finally, the use of two waves of longitudinal data permits the analysis of the persistence of obesity. Results show that overall childhood obesity stabilised between the two waves. However the socioeconomic gradient becomes steeper in wave 2 for girls and in particular when depth, severity and persistence of obesity are accounted for. Girls whose mothers fail to complete secondary education are shown to be at a particular disadvantage.
本文利用爱尔兰成长数据，分析了爱尔兰儿童肥胖的社会经济梯度，与该领域以往的研究相比有三项创新。采用了一种不同的社会经济地位衡量标准——母亲的教育程度。此外，还研究了肥胖的深度和严重程度以及发病率。最后，使用两波纵向数据允许对肥胖的持续性进行分析。结果表明，两波数据期间儿童肥胖总体趋于稳定。然而，在第二波数据中，女孩的社会经济梯度变得更加陡峭，尤其是在考虑肥胖的深度、严重程度和持续性时。母亲未完成中等教育的女孩处于特别不利的地位。
