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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Relationship between Parental Incarceration and Childhood Obesity

Li, Qi
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1511950370928891

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2017, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Sociology.
Childhood obesity and parental incarceration are comparable phenomena in the contemporary United States. One similarity between these two issues is their high prevalence in recent decades. The other common thread is that childhood obesity and parental incarceration both exist disproportionately among racial and ethnic minorities. This research project aims to explore the relationship between parental incarceration and childhood obesity, focusing on whether or not this association differs by various racial or ethnic populations. Analyzing panel data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, I find that parental lifetime incarceration is correlated with a decreased risk of childhood obesity for non-Hispanic Black children, while it is the opposite for similar non-Hispanic White children. Moreover, the impacts of parental incarceration on childhood obesity are not significantly different when comparing non-Hispanic White and Hispanic children. I discuss these results through the lens of the stress process model, in terms of stress exposure and coping resources. This research endeavor aims to fill an important knowledge gap in the literature, and serve as the basis to initiate an interdisciplinary conversation on the intersection of family, health and corrections in academia as well as policy.
Cynthia Colen (Advisor)
Corinne Reczek (Committee Member)
Christopher Browning (Committee Member)
76 p.
Sociology
Relationship between Parental Incarceration and Childhood Obesity; Racial and Ethnic Disparities; Sociology

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  • Li, Q. (2017). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Relationship between Parental Incarceration and Childhood Obesity [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1511950370928891

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Li, Qi. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Relationship between Parental Incarceration and Childhood Obesity. 2017. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1511950370928891.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Li, Qi. "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Relationship between Parental Incarceration and Childhood Obesity." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1511950370928891

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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