Table 5.
Neighborhood effects on BMI, U.S. men, 1988–1994
| Model 1B | Model 2B | Model 3B | Model 4B | Model 5B | Model 6B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhoood characteristics | ||||||
| Disadvantage (for Whites) | 0.268 | −0.242 | ||||
| Disadvantage (for Blacks) | −0.128 | −0.646** | ||||
| Disadvantage (for Mexican-Americans) | 0.256** | −0.033 | ||||
| Disadvantage (for other ethnicity) | 0.377 | −0.852 | ||||
| Education ICE (for Whites) | −0.089** | −0.138* | ||||
| Education ICE (for Blacks) | 0.032 | −0.077 | ||||
| Education ICE (for Mexican-Americans) | −0.081** | −0.042 | ||||
| Education ICE (for other ethnicity) | −0.177** | −0.408** | ||||
| %Black (for Whites) | −0.046 | −0.069 | ||||
| %Black (for Blacks) | 0.063* | 0.150*** | ||||
| %Black (for Mexican-Americans) | −0.046 | −0.000 | ||||
| %Black (for Other Ethnicity) | −0.037 | −0.069 | ||||
| %Hispanic (for Whites) | 0.048 | 0.007 | ||||
| %Hispanic (for Blacks) | −0.116* | −0.002 | ||||
| %Hispanic (for Mexican-Americans) | 0.085** | 0.063 | ||||
| %Hispanic (for Other Ethnicity) | 0.075 | −0.055 | ||||
| Individual-level sociodemographic characteristics | ||||||
| Ethnicity [reference: White] | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 0.097 | 0.032 | 0.029 | −0.046 | −0.109 | −0.161 |
| Mexican-American | 1.112*** | 0.951*** | 0.954*** | 1.095*** | 0.825*** | 0.940*** |
| Other ethnicity | −0.030 | −0.063 | 0.030 | −0.026 | −0.129 | 0.139 |
| Poverty income ratio | 0.040 | 0.055 | 0.066 | 0.040 | 0.048 | 0.062 |
| Age | 0.018*** | 0.018*** | 0.018*** | 0.018*** | 0.018*** | 0.017*** |
| Age squared | −0.002*** | −0.002*** | −0.002*** | −0.002*** | ‒0.002*** | −0.002*** |
| Employment Status [Reference: Unemployed] | ||||||
| Employed | −0.301 | −0.287 | −0.290 | −0.292 | −0.295 | −0.306 |
| Not in the labor force | −0.107 | −0.084 | −0.080 | −0.116 | −0.108 | −0.079 |
| Education level [reference: no high school] | ||||||
| High school graduate | 0.135 | 0.157 | 0.165 | 0.134 | 0.157 | 0.152 |
| Some college | 0.385 | 0.427 | 0.452* | 0.389 | 0.413 | 0.457* |
| College graduate | 0.026 | 0.088 | 0.151 | 0.030 | 0.055 | 0.154 |
| Nativity [reference: US born] | ||||||
| Foreign born | −1.174*** | −1.214*** | −1.203*** | −1.158*** | −1.194*** | −1.183*** |
| Marital status [reference: married] | ||||||
| Single | −0.975*** | −0.967*** | −0.953*** | −0.991*** | −0.977*** | −0.950*** |
| Other marital status | −1.006*** | −1.010*** | −1.017*** | −1.007*** | −1.006*** | −0.996*** |
| Random effects | ||||||
| Level-two variance: var(uoj) | 0.07865 | 0.08092 | 0.07524 | 0.08617 | 0.08762 | 0.07659 |
| Level-one variance: var(rij) | 21.0499*** | 21.0202*** | 21.0043 | 21.0283 | 21.0112 | 20.9461*** |
| Fit statistic | ||||||
| AIC | 39451.6 | 39450.8 | 39444.0 | 39455.1 | 39450.1 | 39450.0 |
N = 6692. Coefficients for neighborhood disadvantage, proportion Black, and proportion Hispanic are based on a 10 percentage point change. Coefficients for the education ICE are based on a 10 point change.
*
p < 0.10.
**
p < 0.05.
***
p < 0.01.