An alternative measure of Standard of Living : The Body Mass Index in Colombia

This paper assesses the standard of living using health-relatedoutcomes instead of income-based measures. We use the Body Mass Index (BMI) as a categorical variable to take into account how far people are from a normal range associated to a desirable quality of life. This is a proxy of the Standard...

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2011

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Universidad del Rosario

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Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario

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eng

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oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/14410

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http://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/14410

Palabra clave:

Standard Of Living
Body Mass Index
Wellbeing
Overweight

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