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1.	Cawley, John Joyner, Kara Sobal, Jeffery
1.	Size Matters: The Influence of Adolescents' Weight and Height on Dating and Sex Rationality and Society 18,1 (February 2006): 67-94. Also: http://rss.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/18/1/67 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Dating; Height, Height-Weight Ratios; Obesity; Sexual Activity; Sexual Behavior Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. We examine the relationship between body size (specifically, weight and height) and dating and sexual activity using two large, nationally representative, longitudinal data sets. Our conceptual framework assumes that the utility an adolescent derives from dating and sexual activity is a function of the weight and height of his or her partner, and it predicts that heavier and shorter adolescents will be less likely to date and have sex. Empirical tests confirm that dating is less likely among heavier girls and boys and among shorter girls and boys. In adolescent dating, size clearly matters. For sexual activity, the results are less consistent.
	Bibliography Citation Cawley, John, Kara Joyner and Jeffery Sobal. "Size Matters: The Influence of Adolescents' Weight and Height on Dating and Sex." Rationality and Society 18,1 (February 2006): 67-94.

2.	Hanson, Karla L. Sobal, Jeffery Vermeylen, Francoise M.
2.	Social Selection and Social Causation in Marriage and Health: Longitudinal Evidence of Body Weight Change Marriage and Family Review 50,5 (July 2014): 373-394. Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01494929.2013.879555#.U-psBmPCpEN Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Marital History/Transitions; Marriage; Weight Social selection proposes that health influences marriage, whereas social causation proposes that marriage influences health. We used biennial 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data to examine body weight 6 years before and 6 years after entering and exiting first marriages. For marital entry, social selection occurred as lighter women entered marriage. Social causation was not observed because all marital entry groups gained weight at comparable rates. Cohabitation was not associated with weight change after marital entry. For marital exit, short-term social causation occurred as men and women lost weight after marital exit and then regained equivalent weight. Overall, body weight change sometimes followed transitions into and out of marriage, but the associations were few in number, short-lived, and had no long-term impact on body weight.
	Bibliography Citation Hanson, Karla L., Jeffery Sobal and Francoise M. Vermeylen. "Social Selection and Social Causation in Marriage and Health: Longitudinal Evidence of Body Weight Change." Marriage and Family Review 50,5 (July 2014): 373-394.

3.	Joyner, Kara Cawley, John Sobal, Jeffery
3.	Relationships Between Obesity, Romantic Involvement, and Sexual Behavior in Adolescents Presented: Boston, MA, Population Association of America Meetings, April 2004. Also: http://paa2004.princeton.edu/abstractViewer.asp?submissionId=40734 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Contraception; Dating; Fertility; Obesity; Pregnancy, Adolescent; Sexual Behavior Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The role of body weight in affecting a host of fertility-related behaviors, including dating, intercourse, contraceptive use, and pregnancy, has been little studied by demographers. This is surprising given the importance to adolescents of appearance in general and weight in particular. Because of the stigmatization of obesity, we hypothesized that heavier boys and girls are less likely to date and have sex than healthy-weight adolescents. We examined these relationships using two large, nationally representative data sets: the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health) and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 Cohort (NLSY97). Overall, our results confirm our prediction that heavier adolescents, especially girls, are less likely to become romantically involved, to date, and to have sex.
	Bibliography Citation Joyner, Kara, John Cawley and Jeffery Sobal. "Relationships Between Obesity, Romantic Involvement, and Sexual Behavior in Adolescents." Presented: Boston, MA, Population Association of America Meetings, April 2004.

4.	Sobal, Jeffery Rauschenbach, Barbara S. Frongillo, Edward A.
4.	Body Weight and Relationship Quality Among Women: Associations of Obesity and Underweight with Relationship Communication, Conflict, and Happiness International Journal of Sociology of the Family 35,1 (Spring 2009): 25-44 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Lucknow Publishing House Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Height, Height-Weight Ratios; Marital Conflict; Marital Satisfaction/Quality; Marriage; Obesity Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Link to project information and description (prior to publication:) http://www.reeis.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/203846.html
	Bibliography Citation Sobal, Jeffery, Barbara S. Rauschenbach and Edward A. Frongillo. "Body Weight and Relationship Quality Among Women: Associations of Obesity and Underweight with Relationship Communication, Conflict, and Happiness." International Journal of Sociology of the Family 35,1 (Spring 2009): 25-44.

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