Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/95858 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
FZID Discussion Paper No. 87-2014
Publisher: 
Universität Hohenheim, Forschungszentrum Innovation und Dienstleistung (FZID), Stuttgart
Abstract: 
Using five waves from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), we investigate the association between maternal employment and obesity in children aged 3 - 17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for pediatric adiposity, we provide scant evidence for its relation to maternal employment. We also find no strong association between maternal employment and our measures for children's diet and physical activity. Our study also suggests that grandparenting could have beneficial effects on childhood obesity.
Subjects: 
Maternal employment
Childhood obesity
China
JEL: 
I12
J13
J22
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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