Healthy living in hard times
Healthy living in hard times
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2004.09.007
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发表时间：
2005-03-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Ruhm, CJ
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作者：
Ruhm, CJ
我使用行为风险因素监测系统 (BRFSS) 1987 年至 2000 年的成年人微观数据表明，在暂时的经济衰退期间，吸烟和超重的情况有所下降，而休闲时间的体力活动则有所增加。重度吸烟者的烟草使用量下降不成比例，严重肥胖者的体重下降，完全不运动的人运动量增加。工作时间的减少可能是行为变得更健康的原因之一，这可能是通过增加可用于生活方式投资的非市场时间来实现的。相反，几乎没有证据表明收入减少具有重要作用。总体结论是，行为的变化为最近研究中观察到的死亡率和发病率的顺周期变化提供了一种机制。 (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. 保留所有权利。
Using microdata for adults from 1987 to 2000 years of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), I show that smoking and excess weight decline during temporary economic downturns while leisure-time physical activity rises. The drop in tobacco use occurs disproportionately among heavy smokers, the fall in body weight among the severely obese and the increase in exercise among those who were completely inactive. Declining work hours may provide one reason why behaviors become healthier, possibly by increasing the non-market time available for lifestyle investments. Conversely, there is little evidence of an important role for income reductions. The overall conclusion is that changes in behaviors supply one mechanism for the procyclical variation in mortality and morbidity observed in recent research. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.