Body Mass Index, Perceived Health, and Happiness: Their Determinants and Structural Relationships

Autor/inn/en	Cornelisse-Vermaat, Judith R.; Antonides, Gerrit; Van Ophem, Johan A. C.; Van Den Brink, Henriette Maassen
Titel	Body Mass Index, Perceived Health, and Happiness: Their Determinants and Structural Relationships
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 79 (2006) 1, S.143-158 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-005-4097-7
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Body Composition; Health; Psychological Patterns; Surveys; Age; Smoking; Marriage; Academic Achievement; Employment; Physical Activity Level; Athletics; Family Environment; Ownership; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Gesundheit; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Alter; Lebensalter; Rauchen; Ehe; Schulleistung; Dienstverhältnis; Leichtathletik; Familienmilieu; Eigentum; Niederlande
Abstract	The structural relationships between body mass index, perceived health and happiness have been studied in a survey of 700 native Dutch citizens. We found an indirect effect of body mass index on happiness, via perceived health. Age had an inverted U-shaped relationship with body mass index, and both education and smoking had a negative effect on body mass index. Being married, doing paid work, owning a house, and doing sports had positive effects on perceived health, suggesting that living a regular life may lead to a better perceived health. Being married positively affected happiness. The other socio-demographic variables either had no effects on happiness or indirect effects via body mass index and perceived health. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10