Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Differences in Physical Activity
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Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Differences in Physical Activity.
This study examines racial, ethnic and gender (REG) differentials in physical activity (PA), a significant input into health production and human capital investments. Prior studies have relied on leisure-time activity, which comprises less than 10% of non-work PA and does not capture specific information on intensity or duration, thus presenting an incomplete and potentially-biased picture of h...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Human Capital
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1932-8575,1932-8664
DOI: 10.1086/671200