%0 Report
        %A Averett, Susan L.
%A Terrizzi, Sabrina
%A Wang, Yang
        %T The Effect of Sorority Membership on Eating Disorders and Body Mass Index
        %D 2013
        %8 2013 Jul
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 7512
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7512
        %X Eating disorders affect 12-25% of college women. Previous research established a positive correlation between sorority membership and eating disorders. We investigate a possible causal link between sororities and weight-related behaviors and eating disorders using data from the American College Health Association. Using Propensity Score Matching and Instrumental Variable methods, we confirm that sororities exert a negative effect on the weight-related behaviors of their members. However, females who are more resilient to these outcomes self-select into sororities, implying that females in sororities are less adversely affected by them than a female who was randomly selected to join a sorority would be.
        %K obesity
%K underweight
%K BMI
%K sorority
%K anorexia
%K bulimia
%K eating disorders
%K weight control