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

Appendix Table 1A.

The Impact of Soft Drink Taxes on BMI, Obese, and Overweight, Without Time Trends

BMI
 BMI
 Obese
 Obese
 Overweight
 Overweight
Total Soft Drink Tax Rate −0.0030***
[0.0006]		 −0.0001
[0.0001]		 −0.0001
[0.0001]
Incremental Soft Drink Tax Rate −0.0025***
[0.0006]		 −0.0001
[0.0000]		 −0.0001*
[0.0001]
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
 1.088***
[0.154]
 1.088***
[0.154]
 0.058***
[0.010]
 0.058***
[0.010]
 0.107***
[0.015]
 0.107***
[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. Observations are weighted using the BRFSS survey weights in all regressions.

*

significant at 10%

** significant at 5%

***

significant at 1%