Statistics Indonesia, Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia.
Institute for Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia.
Int J Health Econ Manag. 2024 Jun;24(2):231-256. doi: 10.1007/s10754-024-09371-6. Epub 2024 Mar 30.
While the causes of obesity have been widely discussed from various perspectives, studies that examine how the physical form of a neighborhood could causally affect obesity remain limited. This study combined individual-level longitudinal data from the Indonesian Family Life Survey and subdistrict-level land cover data to investigate whether a neighborhood's physical form affects individuals' obesity status. We controlled for individual and location fixed-effect to account for individuals' sorting preferences and unobserved heterogeneity at the subdistrict level. Our results suggest that a sprawling neighborhood corresponds to a lower body mass index, particularly among males. We also show that consumption behavior can explain this mechanism.
尽管肥胖的原因已从多个角度广泛讨论，但研究邻里环境的物理形态如何对肥胖产生因果影响的研究仍然有限。本研究结合了来自印度尼西亚家庭生活调查的个人层面纵向数据和分区层面的土地覆盖数据，以调查邻里环境的物理形态是否会影响个体的肥胖状况。我们控制了个体和位置固定效应，以考虑个体的偏好和分区层面未观察到的异质性。我们的结果表明，蔓延式的邻里环境与较低的体重指数相对应，特别是在男性中。我们还表明，消费行为可以解释这种机制。
