Table 2.

Sample Descriptive Statistics for Each Input Variable Included in the Conditional Inference Tree Analyses and Additional Demographic Variables, Eating and Activity Over Time, United States, 2010–2018

Variable	No.	%	% Missing
Demographic Variables
Age, years			0
18–19	113	7.2
20–25	1,401	89.4
26–30	54	3.4
Input Variables
Current educational level			1.2
Less than high school	89	5.8
High school or equivalent	1,060	68.4
College degree or higher	220	14.2
Vocational, associate’s, or other degree	180	11.6
Gender			1.0
Male	642	41.3
Female	900	58.0
Different identity	11	0.7
Race/ethnicity			<1.0
Asian	355	22.7
African American/Black	345	22.1
Hispanic/Latino/a	274	17.5
White	366	23.4
Mixed or other	223	14.3
US nativity	1,312	83.7	<1.0
Household language			<1.0
English	927	59.2
Another language	205	13.1
English + another language	433	27.7
Personal income, $/year			4.4
None	162	10.8
<5,000	209	13.9
5,000–14,999	384	25.6
15,000–24,999	317	21.1
25,000–29,999	134	8.9
30,000–39,999	148	9.9
≥40,000	145	9.7
Public assistance			3.6
No	1,023	67.7
Yes	370	24.5
I don’t know	119	7.9
Financial difficulty			3.5
Not at all	279	18.4
Somewhat difficult	897	59.3
Very difficult/can barely get by	337	22.3
Mother’s educational attainment			1.7
Less than high school	220	14.3
High school or equivalent	233	15.1
Some college	227	14.7
Graduated college	293	18.4
Advanced degree	129	8.4
I don’t know	449	29.1
Father’s educational attainment			9.3
Less than high school	159	11.2
High school or equivalent	209	14.7
Some college	160	11.3
Graduated college	212	14.9
Advanced degree	104	7.3
I don’t know	577	40.6
Mother’s employment			1.8
Full time	646	41.9
Part time	250	16.2
Not working for pay	217	14.1
I don’t know	427	27.7
Father’s employment			10.0
Full time	664	47.1
Part time	131	9.3
Not working for pay	137	9.7
I don’t know	479	33.9
Unsafe neighborhood during the day			<1
Strongly disagree	777	50.0
Somewhat disagree	425	27.4
Strongly to somewhat agree	352	22.7
Unsafe neighborhood at night			1.5
Strongly disagree	491	31.8
Somewhat disagree	337	21.8
Strongly to somewhat agree	716	46.4
Food insecurity—ate less			3.1
No	977	64.3
Yes	458	30.1
I don’t know	85	5.6
Food insecurity—gone hungry			2.9
No	1,056	69.3
Yes	394	25.9
I don’t know	73	4.8
Intersectional everyday discriminationa,b	6.1 (3.0)		3.4
None (3)	513	33.9
Low (4–6)	389	25.7
Medium (7, 8)	266	17.6
High (9–15)	349	22.6
Teasing or harassment—race			2.4
Never	944	61.7
Less than once a year	261	17.1
A few time a year	239	15.6
A few times a month	72	4.7
At least once a week	15	1.0
Teasing or harassment—SES			2.6
Never	1,059	69.4
Less than once a year	196	12.8
A few times a year	185	12.1
A few times a month	63	4.1
At least once a week	24	1.6
Teasing or harassment—sex			2.7
Never	1,209	79.3
Less than once a year	118	7.7
A few times a year	137	9.0
A few times a month	45	3.0
At least once a week	16	1.1
Teasing or harassment—weight			2.8
Never	892	58.5
Less than once a year	195	12.8
A few times a year	277	18.2
A few times a month	105	6.9
At least once a week	55	3.6
Teasing or harassment—appearance			3.0
Never	847	55.7
Less than once a year	250	16.4
A few time a year	282	18.5
A few times a month	96	6.3
At least once a week	46	3.0
Outcome measuresa
Depressive symptomsc	11.2 (3.6)		3.4
Stressd	6.0 (2.5)		3.2
Self-esteeme	17.3 (3.5)		3.9
Self-compassionf	17.2 (4.6)		3.7

Abbreviations: SES, socioeconomic status; EDS, Everyday Discrimination Scale.

^a Values are expressed as mean (standard deviation).

^b 3-item intersectional EDS; score ranged from 3 to 15.

^c Kandel and Davies Depressive Mood Scale (35); score ranged from 6 to 18.

^d Single-item stress scale; score ranged from 1 to 10.

^e 6-item Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (36); score ranged from 6 to 24.

^f 5-item Self-Kindness subscale (37); score ranged from 5 to 25.