Table 7.

Marginal effects of explanatory variables on eating one or more servings of fruits and vegetables in Turkey using the bivariate probit model

Variables	Prob (y1 = 1)		Prob (y2 = 1)		Prob (y1 = 1, y2 = 1)		Prob (y1 = 1|y2 = 1)		Prob (y2 = 1|y1 = 1)
	ME*100	Std. Err	ME*100	Std. Err	ME*100	Std. Err	ME*100	Std. Err	ME*100	Std. Err
Discrete variables
Gender	−5.121***	1.084	−10.087***	1.075	−7.065***	0.961	−0.186	1.043	−5.981***	0.763
Married	2.274**	1.011	3.235***	0.998	2.663***	0.888	0.766	0.982	1.636**	0.713
Elementary school	11.467***	1.431	12.886***	1.417	12.176***	1.226	5.744***	1.467	5.442***	1.081
Secondary school	16.118***	1.739	14.444***	1.725	15.650***	1.511	10.088***	1.742	4.641***	1.279
High school	14.934***	1.709	14.422***	1.685	14.896***	1.484	8.776***	1.705	5.152***	1.247
Community college	19.704***	2.269	18.778***	2.242	19.558***	1.982	11.716***	2.238	6.592***	1.636
College	17.344***	1.960	16.274***	1.942	17.119***	1.713	10.454***	1.937	5.593***	1.421
Wage Job	−1.494	1.833	−2.253	1.792	−1.799	1.611	−0.433	1.766	−1.180	1.268
Employer	−2.207	2.166	0.683	2.137	−1.130	1.892	−2.842	2.129	1.546	1.546
Job seekers	−5.154***	2.154	−4.340**	2.103	−4.898***	1.895	−3.378*	2.072	−1.256	1.486
Retired	−1.502	2.382	−1.510	2.357	0.371	2.097	2.508	2.308	−1.908	1.678
Homemaker	−1.425	1.963	−2.932	1.925	−2.014	1.728	0.017	1.890	−1.767	1.361
Overweight	1.917**	0.934	2.583***	0.926	2.190***	0.824	0.725	0.905	1.261**	0.658
Obese	4.599***	1.220	3.568***	1.212	4.255***	1.082	3.182***	1.169	0.871	0.852
Morbidly obese	4.358***	1.845	6.953***	1.841	5.392***	1.608	1.055	1.837	3.753***	1.350
General health insurance	1.617	1.400	−0.547	1.394	0.810	1.232	2.108	1.364	−1.171	0.998
Private health insurance	2.660	2.280	3.791*	2.263	3.118	2.028	0.892	2.166	1.920	1.575
Cycling	5.820***	1.751	1.269	1.731	4.149***	1.524	5.809***	1.737	−1.560	1.265
Walking 10–29 min	−2.965***	1.169	−0.266	1.169	−1.969**	1.022	−3.169***	1.158	1.106	0.853
Walking 30–59 min	0.731	1.253	3.794***	1.258	1.904*	1.101	−1.265	1.234	2.783***	0.912
Walking 1–2 h	−1.338	1.532	2.286	1.526	0.027	1.343	−2.750*	1.506	2.471**	1.104
Walking > 2 h	2.159	2.006	3.580*	2.020	2.723	1.780	0.448	1.935	1.970	1.431
Resting	1.315	0.843	2.846***	0.842	1.911***	0.747	−0.093	0.811	1.746***	0.596
Moderate physical job	2.849***	0.884	4.306***	0.878	3.434***	0.783	0.821	0.849	2.257***	0.620
Heavy physical job	2.395	2.012	3.812**	2.013	2.959*	1.794	0.584	1.911	2.055	1.402
Low income	−9.766***	1.867	−12.923***	1.876	−11.070***	1.575	−3.822**	1.982	−6.231***	1.480
High income	2.313	1.870	6.750***	1.854	4.026***	1.685	−1.119	1.721	4.499***	1.248
Marmara	3.489**	1.626	1.433	1.632	2.743**	1.407	3.113**	1.647	−0.383	1.219
Aegean	−7.256***	2.175	−7.911***	2.174	−7.582***	1.844	−3.768*	2.277	−3.243**	1.687
Mediterranean	−9.103***	1.896	−4.183**	1.894	−7.326***	1.662	−7.879***	1.864	0.636	1.369
Black Sea	−15.469***	1.637	−17.860***	1.630	−16.541***	1.401	−7.487***	1.687	−7.731***	1.247
Central Anatolia	1.267	1.738	−0.760	1.746	0.509	1.514	1.833	1.740	−1.189	1.287
Southeastern Anatolia	−14.876***	2.397	−15.610***	2.342	−15.311***	2.071	−8.059***	2.394	−6.152***	1.728
Continuous variables
Age	0.348***	0.039	0.272***	0.038	0.323***	0.034	0.240***	0.038	0.068***	0.028
Sports Time	1.349***	0.260	1.085***	0.278	1.263***	0.225	0.912***	0.275	0.287	0.216
Tobacco	−8.801***	0.924	−2.652***	0.926	−6.553***	0.820	−8.382***	0.890	1.757***	0.655
Alcohol	−0.324**	0.140	−0.060	0.140	−0.227*	0.126	−0.329***	0.131	0.095	0.095
Number of children under 7	0.342	0.630	−1.488***	0.623	−0.351	0.549	1.199**	0.626	−1.372***	0.456
Number of kids ages 7–14	−1.039*	0.551	0.034	0.540	−0.641	0.475	−1.180**	0.556	0.492	0.402
Number of adults	0.155	0.317	0.199	0.311	0.173	0.280	0.063	0.304	0.094	0.219

ME shows marginal effects

*p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01