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Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2007 Oct 26;11(3):158–167. doi: 10.1007/s10903-007-9096-0

Table 2.

OLS regression results, BMI percentile among fifth grade Hispanic and non-Hispanic white children

	Model 1 (β)	Model 2 (β)	Model 3 (β)	Model 4 (β)
Hispanic Immigrant	6.177^***	6.738^**	6.516^*	6.949^**
× Family Income		−0.028	0.000	−0.005
× Maternal Employment		0.222	1.434	0.980
× Family Income × Maternal Employment			−0.070	−0.063
Hispanic Native	3.147	4.279	9.204^†	8.974^†
× Family Income		−0.014	−0.150^†	−0.155^†
× Maternal Employment		−0.183	−13.24^†	−11.90
× Family Income × Maternal Employment			0.303^*	0.295^*
Maternal Employment
Full-time^a	1.381	−2.432	−1.047	−1.246
Family income	−0.057^***	−0.069^**	−0.064^**	−0.051^*
× Full-time		0.071^†	0.047	0.052
Activity
TV Viewing				0.023^**
Child’s Food Consumption
Soda (d/wk)				−0.195
Vegetables (d/wk)				−0.117
Meal supervision and regularity
Family eats breakfast together(d/wk)				0.050
Regular breakfast time (d/wk)				−0.859^*
Family eats dinner together (d/wk)				0.694
Regular dinner time (d/wk)				0.292
Child Care Arrangements
Center care				−1.306
Child cares for self				−1.291
Relative care				1.126
Non-relative care				2.574
Intercept	71.917^***	72.434^***	72.325^***	68.803^***
R²	0.026	0.028	0.030	0.039
ΔF		2.641^*	8.270^***	6.602^***

n = 6,430

^†

P < 0.10;

P < 0.05;

^**

P < 0.01;

^***

P < 0.001

Models include controls for gender, family structure, number of siblings and father employment

Reference category are employed less than full time or never employed