The Skinny on Success: Body Mass, Gender and Occupational Standing across the Life Course

Autor/inn/en	Glass, Christy M.; Haas, Steven A.; Reither, Eric N.
Titel	The Skinny on Success: Body Mass, Gender and Occupational Standing across the Life Course
Quelle	In: Social Forces, 88 (2010) 4, S.1777-1806 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7732
Schlagwörter	Obesity; Body Composition; Females; Context Effect; Employment Level; Educational Attainment; Employment Opportunities; Gender Discrimination; Success; Socioeconomic Status; Education Work Relationship; Marriage; Data Analysis; Longitudinal Studies; Career Development; Structural Analysis (Science) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adipositas; Weibliches Geschlecht; Beschäftigungsgrad; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Erfolg; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Ehe; Auswertung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Berufsentwicklung; Strukturanalyse
Abstract	Several studies have analyzed the impact of obesity on occupational standing. This study extends previous research by estimating the influence of body mass on occupational attainment over three decades of the career using data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. In a series of covariance structure analyses, we considered three mechanisms that may alter the career trajectories of heavy individuals: (1. employment-based discrimination, (2. educational attainment, and (3. marriage market processes. Unlike previous studies, we found limited evidence that employment-based discrimination impaired the career trajectories of either men or women. Instead, we found that heavy women received less post-secondary schooling than their thinner peers, which in turn adversely affected their occupational standing at each point in their careers. (Contains 5 tables, 1 figure and 5 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10