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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2011 May;35(3):290–304. doi: 10.5993/ajhb.35.3.4

Table 3.

Regression Results

Fruits and Vegetables Percent Calories from Fat Smoking Sedentary Behavior Female Binge Drinking Male Binge Drinking

Coeff Std Error P > |t| Coeff Std Error P > |t| Coeff Std Error P > |t| Coeff Std Error P > |t| Coeff Std Error P > |t| Coeff Std Error P > |t|

Mexican American
Female −0.34 0.57 0.55 −0.87 1.10 0.43 −0.09 0.04 0.02 0.04 0.03 0.16
Income
<1x FPL −0.75 0.58 0.20 −1.84 0.79 0.02 0.13 0.05 0.01 0.07 0.04 0.04 −0.03 0.05 0.56 0.04 0.03 0.24
1 - < 2x FPL −0.55 0.52 0.28 −1.85 0.83 0.03 0.08 0.04 0.06 0.02 0.03 0.39 −0.02 0.05 0.72 0.08 0.03 0.01
2 - <3x FPL −0.37 0.44 0.40 −1.35 0.81 0.10 0.02 0.04 0.52 0.01 0.02 0.73 −0.03 0.04 0.44 0.08 0.03 0.01
3 - <4x FPL 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . .
US Born −0.90 0.17 <.0001 2.16 0.38 <.0001 0.08 0.02 0.00 −0.06 0.02 0.00 0.14 0.02 <.0001 0.11 0.03 <.0001
Education
Grade School −0.98 0.28 0.00 −2.18 0.51 <.0001 0.10 0.03 0.00 0.13 0.02 <.0001 0.06 0.03 0.02 0.17 0.04 <.0001
Some High School −0.98 0.26 0.00 −1.26 0.56 0.03 0.12 0.04 0.00 0.06 0.02 0.01 0.06 0.03 0.03 0.18 0.03 <.0001
High School −0.38 0.19 0.05 −0.40 0.48 0.40 0.02 0.02 0.25 0.05 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.49 0.12 0.03 0.00
Some College and College + 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . .
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status 0.12 0.06 0.06 −0.33 0.15 0.02 −0.01 0.01 0.35 −0.04 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.65 −0.01 0.01 0.17

Non-Hispanic Black
Female −0.83 0.30 0.01 1.50 0.95 0.12 −0.03 0.05 0.51 0.13 0.03 <.0001
Income
<1x FPL −0.64 0.37 0.08 0.62 0.79 0.44 0.24 0.05 <.0001 0.09 0.03 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.56 0.10 0.04 0.00
1 - < 2x FPL −0.52 0.35 0.14 1.05 0.69 0.13 0.17 0.05 0.00 0.08 0.02 <.0001 −0.02 0.03 0.41 0.07 0.03 0.03
2 - <3x FPL 0.09 0.26 0.74 1.37 0.72 0.06 0.13 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.02 0.06 −0.03 0.02 0.22 0.03 0.03 0.30
3 - <4x FPL 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . .
US Born −0.63 0.33 0.06 5.97 0.55 <.0001 0.26 0.03 <.0001 0.01 0.03 0.74 0.09 0.02 <.0001 0.09 0.03 0.00
Education
Grade School −1.00 0.30 0.00 0.38 0.56 0.50 0.13 0.03 <.0001 0.13 0.03 <.0001 0.06 0.03 0.05 0.02 0.03 0.50
Some High School −0.80 0.22 0.00 0.42 0.51 0.41 0.20 0.03 <.0001 0.08 0.03 0.01 0.09 0.03 0.00 0.08 0.04 0.02
High School −0.52 0.15 0.00 0.09 0.48 0.84 0.10 0.02 <.0001 0.01 0.02 0.39 0.02 0.02 0.26 0.07 0.02 0.00
Some College and College + 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . .
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status 0.15 0.05 0.00 0.20 0.12 0.10 −0.02 0.01 0.00 −0.01 0.01 0.20 −0.01 0.01 0.10 −0.02 0.01 0.01

Non Hispanic White
Female −0.64 0.22 0.00 −1.30 0.65 0.05 −0.11 0.02 <.0001 0.04 0.02 0.01
Income
<1x PIR −0.33 0.45 0.45 −1.62 1.15 0.16 0.02 0.05 0.75 0.03 0.04 0.42 −0.08 0.05 0.08 −0.02 0.04 0.57
1 - < 2x FPL −0.17 0.31 0.59 0.20 0.66 0.77 0.01 0.03 0.78 0.03 0.02 0.20 −0.13 0.03 <.0001 0.01 0.03 0.70
2 - <3x FPL −0.29 0.20 0.14 0.08 0.59 0.89 −0.02 0.02 0.41 0.00 0.02 0.75 −0.08 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.59
3 - <4x FPL 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . .
US Born −1.00 0.28 0.00 2.38 0.68 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.31 −0.05 0.03 0.09 0.01 0.03 0.72 0.07 0.03 0.01
Education
Grade School −1.38 0.25 <.0001 1.04 0.62 0.09 0.12 0.03 <.0001 0.16 0.03 <.0001 0.00 0.03 0.88 0.02 0.03 0.49
Some High School −1.02 0.17 <.0001 0.66 0.51 0.19 0.26 0.03 <.0001 0.07 0.02 <.0001 0.09 0.03 0.01 0.08 0.03 0.01
High School −0.58 0.13 <.0001 0.41 0.37 0.28 0.14 0.02 <.0001 0.05 0.01 <.0001 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.23
Some College and College + 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . . 0.00 . .
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status 0.33 0.09 0.00 0.04 0.25 0.86 −0.04 0.01 <.0001 −0.03 0.01 <.0001 0.00 0.01 0.80 −0.02 0.01 0.13

The FPL is the ratio of family income to poverty threshold for a family of that size (using Census Bureau definitions of family poverty threshold). As the FPL increases, income increases.