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Obesity among U.S. Rural Adults: Assessing Selection and Causation with Prospective Cohort Data Health and Place published online (29 November 2019): DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102260. Also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353829219306318 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Migration; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Obesity; Rural Areas; Rural/Urban Differences; Rural/Urban Migration Rural adults in the U.S. have disproportionately high rates of obesity, but it is unclear whether this association exists because of selective migration or a contextual effect of the rural environment. Using nationally representative longitudinal data, this study investigates: (1) whether people with obesity select into rural counties, and (2) whether living in a rural area increases body weight after accounting for selection bias. Results indicate that people with obesity are less likely to move to a different county than people without obesity even after controlling for individual and household differences. Next, individual fixed effects regression models, which implicitly control for all time-constant variables, are used to produce a more robust estimate of the effect of rural residence on body weight. Rural residence predicts a significant increase in probability of obesity and body mass index. These results suggest that the association between rural residence and obesity in the United States is likely bidirectional. |
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Lee, Mark. "Obesity among U.S. Rural Adults: Assessing Selection and Causation with Prospective Cohort Data." Health and Place published online (29 November 2019): DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102260.
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