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The Skinny on Success: Body Mass, Gender and Occupational Standing across the Life Course
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Glass, Christy M.; Haas, Steven A.; Reither, Eric N. – Social Forces, 2010
Several studies have analyzed the impact of obesity on occupational standing. This study extends previous research by estimating the influence of body mass on occupational attainment over three decades of the career using data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. In a series of covariance structure analyses, we considered three mechanisms that…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, Females, Context Effect