Changes in Immigrants' Body Mass Index with Their Duration of Residence in Germany

This paper investigates how immigrants' Body Mass Index (BMI) changes with increasing years since migration in Germany. The data are drawn from three waves (2002, 2004, and 2006) of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). The results indicate a clear increase of the BMI with additional years in Germany for men and women.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Sander, Monika
Publisher:	Berlin : Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Subject:	Body Mass Index \| immigrants \| SOEP

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Series:	SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; 122
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	884358100 [GVK] hdl:10419/150670 [Handle] RePEc:diw:diwsop:diw_sp122 [RePEc]
Classification:	C23 - Models with Panel Data ; I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior
Source:	EconStor

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