Does Your Body Know Who You Know? Multiple Roles of Network Members' Socioeconomic Status for Body Weight Ratings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2363432 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lijun Song (0000-0003-3162-2649, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA, corresponding author), Philip J Pettis (0000-0003-2697-3006, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA), Bhumika Piya (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 997-1018 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0731-1214 • E-ISSN: 1533-8673 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0731121416680597 |
| OpenAlex | W2552162211 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 93 |
Combining the theory of social capital with work on three social factors, respectively, socioeconomic status (SES), gender, and lifestyle, this study examines four roles of accessed SES (network members' SES) for body weight ratings: direct association, indirect association through lifestyle, mediating role in the relationship between SES and body weight ratings, and interaction with gender. Analyzing data from the 2004 U.S. General Social Survey, this study measures body weight ratings (visually evaluated by interviewers) and two indicators of accessed SES on the educational dimension (network members' average education and proportion of network members with some college education or more). The results show evidence not for the direct role of accessed education but rather for its three other roles. More educated adults of both genders have access to more educated network members; those with more educated network members have a stronger athletic identity (a proximate indicator of lifestyle); and those with a more solid athletic identity have lower body weight ratings. Also, men with more educated network members have higher body weight ratings, but the opposite pattern applies to women. This study refines social capital theory and advances our understanding of network, socioeconomic, lifestyle, and gender disparities in body weight
Developmental psychology · Population · Social capital · Social science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology · Gerontology
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