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Getting ready for the marriage market?: A rejoinder

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There is an obvious need for better understanding of people's motives for body weight change, due to the importance of the health-related, social and economic consequences of obesity. In particular, exploration of little-discussed social aspects could provide further insights, but requires, how...

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Hauptverfasser: Grimps, Florian (VerfasserIn) , Schneider, Björn (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: March 2012
In: Journal of biosocial science
Year: 2012, Jahrgang: 44, Heft: 2, Pages: 243-249
ISSN:1469-7599
DOI:10.1017/S0021932011000587
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0021932011000587
Verlag, Volltext: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-biosocial-science/article/getting-ready-for-the-marriage-market-a-rejoinder/446A849FA1837EFB62837ECF471E4D3C
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Verfasserangaben:Florian Grimps, Björn Schneider
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Zusammenfassung:There is an obvious need for better understanding of people's motives for body weight change, due to the importance of the health-related, social and economic consequences of obesity. In particular, exploration of little-discussed social aspects could provide further insights, but requires, however, close examination. This also applies to the study of the effect of marriage-market-related incentives and divorce risks on individual body mass index (BMI). Nevertheless, the ongoing debate about whether and to what extent the risk of divorce influences the body constitution of middle-aged individuals has as yet failed to mature into a common agreement. This paper will therefore re-examine theoretical assumptions and statistical calculations to clarify still contentious points. Finally, the results of this study suggest once more that there is no significant relationship between country-specific divorce risk and BMI among married individuals in Europe.
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ISSN:1469-7599
DOI:10.1017/S0021932011000587

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