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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Econ Policy. 2010 Jan;28(1):23–35. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2009.00182.x

Table 2.

The Impact of Soft Drink Taxes on BMI, Obese, and Overweight

BMI
 BMI
 Obese
 Obese
 Overweight
 Overweight
Total Soft Drink Tax Rate −0.0029***
[0.0004]		 −0.0001*
[0.0000]		 −0.0002***
[0.0001]
Incremental Soft Drink Tax Rate −0.0028***
[0.0005]		 −0.0001**
[0.0000]		 −0.0002***
[0.0000]
Male 0.572***
[0.045]		 0.572***
[0.045]		 −0.013***
[0.003]		 −0.013***
[0.003]		 0.135***
[0.004]		 0.135***
[0.004]
Age 0.309***
[0.004]		 0.309***
[0.004]		 0.016***
[0.000]		 0.016***
[0.000]		 0.027***
[0.000]		 0.027***
[0.000]
Age Squared −0.003***
[0.000]		 −0.003***
[0.000]		 −0.000***
[0.000]		 −0.000***
[0.000]		 −0.000***
[0.000]		 −0.000***
[0.000]
Black 1.851***
[0.058]		 1.851***
[0.058]		 0.113***
[0.004]		 0.113***
[0.004]		 0.139***
[0.004]		 0.139***
[0.004]
Hispanic
 1.091***
[0.154]
 1.091***
[0.154]
 0.059***
[0.010]
 0.059***
[0.010]
 0.106***
[0.015]
 0.106***
[0.015]
Observations 2709422 2709422 2709422 2709422 2709422 2709422
R-squared 0.08 0.08 0.04 0.04 0.08 0.08

Notes: Heteroskedasticity-robust standards errors in parentheses that allow for clustering within states. Additional variables include state, year, and quarter fixed effects and state-specific time trends. Observations are weighted using the BRFSS survey weights in all regressions.

*

significant at 10%

**

significant at 5%

***

significant at 1%