Entrepreneurial Environment and the Prevalence of Diabetes in U.S. Counities
Joint Authors
Li, Jing
Blanchard, Troy C.
Tolbert, Charles M.
Mencken, Carson
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-09-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
To examine whether the presence of an entrepreneurial culture in a community is associated with county-level diabetes prevalence in the U.S.
after accounting for high level of spatial clustering of prevalence rates observed in prior research.
Methods.
We perform a county-level spatial regression analysis of CDC diabetes prevalence rates.
We measure entrepreneurial culture as the number of businesses with 0 to 4 employees per 1,000 residents.
Results.
The level of entrepreneurial culture in a community is associated with lower rates of diabetes.
Our findings show that the key measure of entrepreneurial culture has expected effects on county diabetes rates.
However, we show that failure to control for spatial error dependence in previous research leads to an overestimation of the effects of entrepreneurial culture on diabetes prevalence.
Conclusion.
Policies aimed at curbing diabetes prevalence should utilize the business community as a key agent of social change.
Researchers should also utilize spatial regression techniques when analyzing county-level diabetes prevalence rates, because of high level of spatial clustering of rates.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Blanchard, Troy C.& Li, Jing& Mencken, Carson& Tolbert, Charles M.. 2012. Entrepreneurial Environment and the Prevalence of Diabetes in U.S. Counities. ISRN Public Health،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Blanchard, Troy C.…[et al.]. Entrepreneurial Environment and the Prevalence of Diabetes in U.S. Counities. ISRN Public Health No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Blanchard, Troy C.& Li, Jing& Mencken, Carson& Tolbert, Charles M.. Entrepreneurial Environment and the Prevalence of Diabetes in U.S. Counities. ISRN Public Health. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-465724
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-465724