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Quality of Life Research
Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research 2/2017

31-08-2016

The fatter are happier in Indonesia

Auteur: Kitae Sohn

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 2/2017

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Abstract

Purpose

Although obesity and happiness are known to be negatively related in the developed world, little attention has been paid to this relationship in the developing world. We thus investigated the relationship in Indonesia and attempted to explain the underlying rationale.

Methods

We considered about 12,000 respondents aged 15+ for each gender obtained from the Indonesian Family Life Survey 2007 by relating a measure of happiness to weight-related measures in ordered probit models.

Results

The relationship between obesity and happiness was positive in Indonesia, and this relationship was robust. Our evidence suggests that the contrasting results for the two worlds result from affordability of obesity. That is, while even low socioeconomic status (SES) individuals in the developed world can afford to be obese, only high SES individuals in the developing world can do.

Conclusions

Our findings imply that obesity prevention in the developing world requires different measures than those used in the developed world.
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The World Bank uses gross national income per capita to classify economies into four income categories. In this study, developed countries correspond to the upper-middle- or high-income economies, and developing countries to the lower-middle- or low-income economies.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
The fatter are happier in Indonesia
Auteur
Kitae Sohn
Publicatiedatum
31-08-2016
Uitgeverij
Springer International Publishing
Gepubliceerd in
Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-016-1403-6

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