| Titre : | Neighbourhood level versus individual level correlates of women's body dissatisfaction : toward a multilevel understanding of the role of affluence. (2002) |
| Auteurs : | L. MCLAREN ; L. GAUVIN ; Gris Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé University of Montreal. CAN |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Journal of epidemiology and community health (vol. 56, n° 3, 2002) |
| Pagination : | 193-199 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Corps ; Prévalence ; Evaluation ; Autoévaluation ; Homme ; Etude comparée ; Epidémiologie ; Québec ; Canada ; Amérique ; Amérique du Nord |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS qR0xj7fQ. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Study objective : This study examined the prevalence of body dissatisfaction as a function of individual level and neighbourhood level indicators of affluence. Participants and setting : A subset of data from a larger random digit dialling telephone survey was used to obtain individual level data on body dissatisfaction, body weight and height, and income from a group of 895 adult women (age 24-56,61% English speaking) living in 52 neighbourhoods (census tract areas) within the provinces of Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec, Canada who were selected for their heterogeneity in social class. Design : Aggregated census tract data from 1996 were used to develop neighbourhood indicators of affluence. Using hierarchical linear modelling, body dissatisfaction (dichotomous) was examined as a function of individual body mass index, individual level affluence and neighbourhood level affluence. Main results : The impact of body mass index on body dissatisfaction depended on the level of neighbourhood affluence : an average body mass index was associated with higher likelihood of reporting body dissatisfaction in a neighbourhood of above average affluence (71% probability) than in a neighbourhood of average affluence (58% probability), independent of a woman's individual affluence (whether she was low income or not). Conclusion : It is concluded that a clearer understanding of the role of affluence on body dissatisfaction can be achieved by a joint examination of individual and neighbourhood level influences. |
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