What is the relationship between industry, occupation, and body weight in Canada?

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dc.contributor.advisorLeonard, Philip
dc.contributor.authorPeng, Saibiao
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T16:40:13Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T16:40:13Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.updated2022-12-15T00:00:00Z
dc.description.abstractOverweight and obesity are well known to be associated with negative health outcome. Canadians spend a large portion of their walking hours at work and their level of physical activity (or lack thereof) and eating habits while there likely play a role in their body weight. This study examines the association between industry and occupation of work and the likelihood of overweight and obesity. This paper managed to discover social economic factors and human behavior factors that will help identify groups that are most at risk of being overweight and obese. Cycle 5 of NPHS and all 8 cycles of CCHS are used in log it and fixed-effect models to run regression analysis. Results show that compare to male, female are less likely to become overweight and obese, age has negative effect on people’s body weight, and people who live in Ontario, Birth Columbia have the lowest risk of being overweight and obese. Also the results indicate that the following variables: education, household-income, physical activity and eating habits are negatively associated with being overweight and obese. For industry and occupation, the results show: people who work at public administration and education industry have highest risk to become obese; Occupation as manager or sales contribute most to people’s risk of being obese.
dc.description.copyright© Saibiao Peng, 2017
dc.description.noteA Report Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts In the Graduate Academic Unit of Economics.
dc.description.noteM.A. University of New Brunswick, Department of Economics, 2017.
dc.formattext/xml
dc.format.extentvi, 94 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.oclcOCLC# 1354952617
dc.identifier.otherThesis 9907
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/14302
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplineEconomics
dc.subject.lcshObesity -- Canada -- Case studies.
dc.subject.lcshWork environment -- Health -- Canada.
dc.subject.lcshBody weight -- Health aspects -- Canada.
dc.subject.lcshOverweight persons -- Employment -- Canada.
dc.titleWhat is the relationship between industry, occupation, and body weight in Canada?
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomics
thesis.degree.fullnameMaster of Arts
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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