肥胖是否会产生一种相对的过度贫困感?
Yuval Arbel1, Yifat Arbel2, Amichai Kerner3
1Sir Harry Solomon School of Economics and Management, Western Galilee College, Acre, Israel.
Frontiers in public health
|December 12, 2024
概括
肥胖与感知较低的经济地位有关,尤其对女性来说. 这项研究表明,身体质量指数 (BMI) 影响自我贫困排名,可能影响就业前景并突出社会偏见.
科学领域:
- 社会经济学 社会经济学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 调查肥胖和自我感知贫困之间的新关系.
- 检查贫困的自我排名作为自我意识和幸福的代理,控制收入.
研究的目的:
- 探索身体质量指数 (BMI) 和贫困自我排名之间的关联.
- 提出一项关于社会价值观对肥胖妇女歧视的影响的措施.
主要方法:
- 使用有序试验回归来进行分析.
- 采用了一项为期两年的后续调查,以评估随时间的变化.
- 使用滞后变量来解决内源性问题.
主要成果:
- 在控制收入后,在增加BMI (女性:0.73至0.37;男性:0.48) 的情况下,观察到"不穷"自我排名的可能性大幅下降.
- 落后的BMI格兰杰导致了女性的贫困自我排名,但不是男性.
- 研究结果表明,肥胖女性认为就业前景较差.
结论:
- 研究强调需要教育公众反对基于肥胖的偏见.
- 调查结果表明,对肥胖女性而言隐含的工资处罚.
- 旨在提高雇主意识,以减少歧视性的招聘做法.
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