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JOURNAL OF HUMAN CAPITAL
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 378-410Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/671200
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- AHRQ HHS [T32 HS000011] Funding Source: Medline
- NINR NIH HHS [R21 NR011285] Funding Source: Medline
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This study examines racial, ethnic and gender (REG) differentials in physical activity (PA), a significant input into human capital investments. We construct detailed and all-inclusive PA measures from the American Time Use Surveys, which capture both the duration and the intensity of each activity. Estimates suggest significant REG differentials in work-related and various modes of nonwork PA, with 30-65 percent of these differentials attributed to differences in education, socioeconomic status, time constraints, and locational attributes. These conditional PA differentials are consistent with and may play a role in observed REG disparities in health outcomes.
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