TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Averett, Susan L.
AU  - Terrizzi, Sabrina
AU  - Wang, Yang
        TI  - The Effect of Sorority Membership on Eating Disorders and Body Mass Index
        PY  - 2013/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7512
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7512
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - obesity
KW  - underweight
KW  - BMI
KW  - sorority
KW  - anorexia
KW  - bulimia
KW  - eating disorders
KW  - weight control
        ER  -