Child and Adolescent Obesity in Ireland: A Longitudinal Perspective

David (David Patrick) Madden

No 201606, Working Papers from School of Economics, University College Dublin

Abstract: This paper examines developments in childhood and adolescent obesity in Ireland using two waves of the Growing Up in Ireland survey. Obesity appears to level off between the two waves though there is tentative evidence that the socioeconomic gradient, measured with respect to maternal education and family income, becomes steeper. Exploiting the longitudinal nature of the data, transitions into and out of obesity are examined, with higher rates of transition into obesity observed for those whose mothers have the lowest level of education. Decomposition of the concentration index with respect to income reveals a greater role for income related obesity mobility rather than obesity related income mobility.

Keywords: Obesity; Socioeconomic gradient; Longitudinal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2016-08
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