An alternative measure of Standard of Living : The Body Mass Index in Colombia

Gamboa Niño, Luis Fernando; Forero Ramírez, Nohora Yulieth

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dc.contributor.gruplac	Facultad de Economía	spa
dc.creator	Gamboa Niño, Luis Fernando
dc.creator	Forero Ramírez, Nohora Yulieth
dc.creator.google	Gamboa Niño, Luis Fernando
dc.creator.google	Forero Ramírez, Nohora Yulieth
dc.date.accessioned	2018-02-19T16:18:38Z
dc.date.available	2018-02-19T16:18:38Z
dc.date.created	2011
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.description.abstract	This paper assesses the standard of living using health-relatedoutcomes instead of income-based measures. We use the Body Mass Index (BMI) as a categorical variable to take into account how far people are from a normal range associated to a desirable quality of life. This is a proxy of the Standard of Living Index for the Colombian case. An OrderedProbitModel is used to determine the probability of being within that normal range or not, with two different specifications: the normative one that takes into account the traditional categories in which the BMI is ranked,and the relative one, in which the distribution of the sample is incorporated. We found that education and a constructed index of living conditions have a significant effect on the dependent variable and that there are non-linear effects. We also found that people with walking difficulties and adults have less probability of having a normal BMI.	eng
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dc.identifier.issn	1517-1302
dc.identifier.uri	http://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/14410
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.citationEndPage	99.
dc.relation.citationIssue	No. 2
dc.relation.citationStartPage	77
dc.relation.citationTitle	Revista Econômica
dc.relation.citationVolume	Vol. 13
dc.relation.ispartof	Revista Econômica, ISSN 1517-1302, Vol. 13 No. 2 (Diciembre 2011); pp. 77-99.	spa
dc.relation.uri	http://www.revistaeconomica.uff.br/index.php/revistaeconomica/article/view/29/24
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dc.source.instname	instname:Universidad del Rosario
dc.source.reponame	reponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocUR
dc.subject	Standard Of Living	spa
dc.subject	Body Mass Index	spa
dc.subject	Wellbeing	spa
dc.subject	Overweight	spa
dc.title	An alternative measure of Standard of Living : The Body Mass Index in Colombia	spa
dc.type	article	eng
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dc.type.spa	Artículo	spa