Table 7.
Longitudinal relationship between BMI for movers before and after moves, change in sprawl index, other changes between rounds, and certain individual characteristics, 1997–2002
| BMI (after move) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| coeff | t | p | |
| BMI (before move) | 0.917 | 51.6 | <0.001 |
| Change age | 0.638 | 3.03 | 0.003 |
| Change cigarettes | −0.00023 | −0.62 | 0.54 |
| Change work hours | −0.00008 | −1.00 | 0.32 |
| Change in household size | 0.0110 | 0.37 | 0.71 |
| Male | 0.164 | 1.55 | 0.12 |
| Hispanic | 0.224 | 1.58 | 0.11 |
| Change in county sprawl index* | −0.00022 | −0.16 | 0.88 |
*
Higher values of the index correspond to more compact development, lower values to more sprawling development.