Dependent var.: BMI | Male | Female | All | ||||||
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(1) | (2) | (3) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (1) | (2) | (3) | |
Local obesity rate | 0.107 (0.061) | 0.111* (0.059) | 0.089 (0.112) | 0.182** (0.076) | 0.175** (0.077) | 0.261** (0.090) | 0.148** (0.063) | 0.144** (0.062) | 0.162* (0.092) |
Age (years) | 0.028* (0.014) | 0.024 (0.014) | 0.023 (0.014) | 0.076*** (0.022) | 0.076*** (0.021) | 0.073*** (0.021) | 0.046** (0.017) | 0.040** (0.017) | 0.039** (0.017) |
College degree (= 1) | − 0.186 (0.239) | − 0.174 (0.258) | − 0.143 (0.256) | − 0.828** (0.353) | − 0.891** (0.346) | − 0.883** (0.343) | − 0.552** (0.245) | − 0.517** (0.238) | − 0.478* (0.226) |
Married (= 1) | 0.229 (0.238) | 0.389 (0.232) | 0.407 (0.232) | 0.814 (0.521) | 0.865 (0.559) | 0.850 (0.561) | 0.414 (0.268) | 0.505 (0.312) | 0.519 (0.317) |
Employed (= 1) | 0.638** (0.267) | 0.608** (0.262) | 0.614** (0.26) | − 0.198 (0.382) | − 0.053 (0.376) | − 0.011 (0.383) | − 0.090 (0.288) | − 0.0003 (0.284) | 0.018 (0.285) |
Number of children | 0.275** (0.118) | 0.257** (0.118) | 0.256** (0.11) | 0.578*** (0.126) | 0.546*** (0.137) | 0.536*** (0.14) | 0.456*** (0.061) | 0.437*** (0.063) | 0.431*** (0.064) |
Duration of residence in the USA (years) | 0.066** (0.027) | 0.076** (0.026) | 0.072** (0.027) | 0.033 (0.025) | 0.044* (0.022) | 0.035 (0.023) | 0.050** (0.026) | 0.064** (0.024) | 0.057** (0.026) |
Citizenship sponsored through employer (= 1) | 0.267* (0.192) | 0.197 (0.198) | 0.240 (0.230) | 0.253 (0.431) | 0.091 (0.430) | 0.213 (0.443) | 0.307 (0.230) | 0.224 (0.234) | 0.298 (0.264) |
From Asia (= 1) | − 1.159*** (0.265) | − 1.206*** (0.278) | − 1.283*** (0.253) | − 2.191*** (0.667) | − 2.060*** (0.615) | − 2.412*** (0.703) | − 1.574*** (0.250) | − 1.576*** (0.250) | − 1.738*** (0.294) |
From Africa (= 1) | Base | Base | Base | Base | Base | Base | Base | Base | Base |
From Latin America and the Caribbean (= 1) | 1.430** (0.577) | 1.461** (0.555) | 1.367** (0.507) | 1.621** (0.743) | 1.679** (0.642) | 1.317** (0.601) | 1.569** (0.562) | 1.538** (0.525) | 1.353** (0.469) |
Income (= income/10000) | 0.049* (0.024) | 0.055** (0.022) | 0.055** (0.022) | − 0.027 (0.050) | − 0.026 (0.047) | − 0.014 (0.045) | 0.047*** (0.014) | 0.050*** (0.014) | 0.052*** (0.013) |
Gender | – | – | – | – | – | – | − 0.967*** (0.197) | − 0.974*** (0.178) | − 0.976*** (0.185) |
Smoker (= 1) | − 0.11 (0.257) | − 0.078 (0.260) | − 0.077 (0.261) | − 0.653 (0.731) | − 0.630 (0.744) | − 0.616 (0.763) | − 0.321 (0.192) | − 0.292 (0.185) | − 0.283 (0.188) |
Alcohol consumer (= 1) | 0.403 (0.245) | 0.410 (0.234) | 0.409* (0.227) | − 0.003 (0.270) | 0.018 (0.267) | 0.017* (0.279) | 0.215 (0.194) | 0.244 (0.192) | 0.227 (0.187) |
Diet change (= 1) | – | − 0.149 (0.283) | − 0.145 (0.280) | – | 0.249* (0.127) | 0.265* (0.141) | – | − 0.013 (0.170) | − 0.011 (0.164) |
Education in the USA (years) | – | − 0.065** (0.030) | − 0.066** (0.029) | – | − 0.072 (0.043) | − 0.073* (0.041) | – | − 0.071** (0.025) | − 0.071** (0.024) |
Speaks English well/very well (= 1) | – | − 0.037 (0.314) | 0.059 (0.317) | – | 0.736* (0.390) | 0.645 (0.384) | – | 0.264 (0.258) | 0.255 (0.258) |
Speaks English with spouse (= 1) | – | − 0.577** (0.207) | − 0.583** (0.207) | – | − 0.187 (0.259) | − 0.169 (0.256) | – | − 0.390* (0.188) | − 0.383* (0.187) |
Speaks English with friends (= 1) | – | 0.440 (0.275) | 0.463 (0.290) | – | 0.209 (0.379) | 0.319 (0.369) | – | 0.341 (0.251) | 0.396 (0.267) |
Speaks English at work (= 1) | – | − 0.190 (0.427) | − 0.215 (0.442) | – | − 0.968** (0.374) | − 0.947** (0.368) | – | − 0.689* (0.376) | − 0.698* (0.377) |
Percentage of immigrant population | – | – | 0.012 (0.027) | – | – | 0.099*** (0.025) | – | – | 0.049** (0.021) |
Percentage of White population in the state | – | – | − 0.008 (0.025) | – | – | 0.047* (0.022) | – | – | 0.013 (0.018) |
State poverty rate | – | – | − 0.002 (0.047) | – | – | − 0.007 (0.052) | – | – | − 0.002 (0.042) |
Constant | 20.03*** (1.187) | 20.15*** (1.138) | 21.16*** (4.051) | 16.74*** (1.586) | 16.88*** (1.329) | 10.42** (3.609) | 20.23*** (1.312) | 20.69*** (1.138) | 18.70*** (3.084) |
N | 1189 | 1189 | 1189 | 913 | 913 | 913 | 2102 | 2102 | 2102 |
R square | 0.151 | 0.156 | 0.157 | 0.253 | 0.258 | 0.263 | 0.191 | 0.195 | 0.198 |
Individual control variables | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Acculturation variables | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Environmental variables | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |