Do relationship transitions affect body weight? Evidence from German longitudinal data

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Abstract: Despite a considerable amount of empirical studies it is still unclear if changes in union status affect body weight. Using data from the first seven waves of the German Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics (pairfam) project, the current study aims to discover if changes in relationship status lead to changes in body weight considering multiple union transitions with fixed-effects panel regression estimations. Results show that women lose weight within the first year of a relationship, and then gain weight after entering into a non-married cohabiting relationship. Men tend to gain weight from the beginning of the partnership. The results clearly show that the transition from non-married cohabitation to marriage has no significant effect on body weight

Alternative title: Beeinflussen Übergänge in der Partnerschaft das Körpergewicht? Ergebnisse einer deutschen Panelstudie

Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main

Extent: Online-Ressource

Language: Englisch

Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Zeitschrift für Familienforschung ; 30 (2018) 3 ; 316-338

Event: Veröffentlichung

(where): Mannheim

(who): SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository

(when): 2018

Creator: Huyer-May, Bernadette

DOI: 10.3224/zff.v30i3.0x

URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-60786-8

Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.

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