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Teachman J. Body Weight, Marital Status, and Changes in Marital Status. J Fam Issues. 2013;37(1):74-96doi: 10.1177/0192513X13508404.
Teachman, J. (2016). Body Weight, Marital Status, and Changes in Marital Status. Journal of family issues, 37(1), 74-96. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X13508404
Teachman, Jay. "Body Weight, Marital Status, and Changes in Marital Status." Journal of family issues vol. 37,1 (2016): 74-96. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X13508404
Teachman J. Body Weight, Marital Status, and Changes in Marital Status. J Fam Issues. 2016 Jan 01;37(1):74-96. doi: 10.1177/0192513X13508404. Epub 2013 Nov 11. PMID: 26778872; PMCID: PMC4714799.
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J Fam Issues. 2016 Jan 01;37(1):74-96. doi: 10.1177/0192513X13508404. Epub 2013 Nov 11.

Body Weight, Marital Status, and Changes in Marital Status.

Journal of family issues

Jay Teachman

Affiliations

  1. Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA.

PMID: 26778872 PMCID: PMC4714799 DOI: 10.1177/0192513X13508404

Abstract

In this article, I use 20 years of data taken from the 1979 National Longitudinal Study of Youth to examine the relationship between body weight and both marital status and changes in marital status. I use a latent growth curve model that allows both fixed and random effects. The results show that living without a partner, either being divorced or never married, is associated with lower body weight. Cohabitors and married respondents tend to weigh more. Marital transitions also matter but only for divorce. Gender does not appear to moderate these results.

Keywords: body weight; gender; growth curve model; longitudinal; marriage

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