The weight of success: The body mass index and economic well-being in South Africa

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dc.creatorWittenberg, Martin
dc.date2012-12-03T12:07:34Z
dc.date2012-12-03T12:07:34Z
dc.date2011-09
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:05:10Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:05:10Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionWe show that body mass increases with economics resources among most South Africans, although not all. Among Black South Africans the relationship is non-decreasing over virtually the entire range of incomes/wealth. Furthermore in this groupd other measures of success (e.g. employment and education) are also associated with increases in body mass. This is true both in 1998 (the Demographic and Health Survey) and 2008 (National Income Dynamics Survey). This suggests the body mass can be used as a crude measure of wellbeing. Used in this way it suggests that unemployment is involuntary. This is true even if we control for household fixed effects. This is joint SALDRU/DataFirst Working Paper as part of the Mellon Data Quality Project.
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/78
dc.identifier.ris TY - Report DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Unemployment KW - Employment KW - Body mass index KW - Wellbeing KW - Income LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - The weight of success: The body mass index and economic well-being in South Africa TI - The weight of success: The body mass index and economic well-being in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/78 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/78
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSouthern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectUnemployment
dc.subjectEmployment
dc.subjectBody mass index
dc.subjectWellbeing
dc.subjectIncome
dc.titleThe weight of success: The body mass index and economic well-being in South Africa
dc.typeReport
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceSALDRU Reporten_ZA
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