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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Forces. 2017 May 4;95(4):1637–1666. doi: 10.1093/sf/sox028

Table 1.

Study Hypotheses

Hypothesis 1 Overall positive association between family SES and adolescent BMI in Brazil but regional differences
 Hypothesis 1a Association between family SES and adolescent BMI positive in Northern Brazil
 Hypothesis 1b Association between family SES and adolescent BMI negligible or negative in Southern Brazil
Hypothesis 2 Variation in association between family SES and adolescent BMI by BMI status; differences between underweight and overweight and obese adolescents
Hypothesis 3 Among underweight adolescents, positive association between family SES and adolescent BMI; no regional differences
Hypothesis 4 Regional differences among overweight and obese adolescents
 Hypothesis 4a Among overweight and obese adolescents, positive association between family SES and BMI in Northern Brazil
 Hypothesis 4b Among overweight and obese adolescents, negligible or negative association between family SES and BMI in Southern Brazil
Hypothesis 5 Regional differences less pronounced for parental education than for family income