Document Type
Theses, Ph.D
Rights
Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence
Disciplines
1.6 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Abstract
Demographic, socio-economic, attitudinal, dietary, health behavioural and anthropometric data were collected from 221 “disadvantaged” and 74 “advantaged” women aged 18-35 years across Dublin, according to the provisions of a novel socio-economic sampling frame. Internal and external validation techniques established the dietary assessment method of choice and identified “valid” dietary reporters (n=216, 153 disadvantaged, 63 advantaged) among this sample. Five qualitative focus groups (n=5-8 per group) were also conducted among disadvantaged women to examine their diet and health behaviour choices. Lower intakes of fruit and vegetables (172g/d vs. 405g/d, p
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21427/D75014
Recommended Citation
McCartney, Daniel. (2008). Poverty, diet and health behaviours : a quantitative and qualitative study among young urbanised women. Technological University Dublin. doi:10.21427/D75014
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Publication Details
Thesis submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy from the Technological University Dublin, 2008.