Table 1.
Means (and Standard Deviations) or Proportions, Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) 1995 (N = 3,511)
| Total Sample | Underweighta (<18.5) | Normalb (18.5 – 24.9) | Overweightc (25 – 29.9) | Obese Id (30 – 34.9) | Obese II/IIIe (35+) | Did not report weight | F-statistic (df=5) | Significant Subgroup Differences | |
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| Dependent Variables Positive mood (standardized) | 0 (1.00 | −.10 (1.05) | .01 (1.01) | .03 (.97) | .03 (.98) | −.13 (1.09) | −.20 (1.0) | 2.29* | |
| Negative mood (standardized) | 0 (1.00) | .13 (.98) | .02 (.99) | −.08 (.92) | −.03 (1.0) | .22 (1.19) | .24 (1.15) | 6.04*** | be, ce, cf, de, df |
| Perceived daily discrimination (Range: 1 to 4) | 1.44 (.58) | 1.42 (.52) | 1.40 (.56) | 1.42 (.55) | 1.46 (.58) | 1.62 (.61) | 1.48 (.72) | 6.55*** | be, ce, de |
| Self-acceptance (Range: 3 to 21) | 16.48 (3.51) | 15.95 (3.02) | 16.63 (3.56) | 16.61 (3.49) | 16.42 (3.43) | 15.88 (3.61) | 15.74 (3.51) | 3.78** | be, ce |
| Self-satisfaction (1=very satisfied) | .58 | .57 | .59 | .59 | .57 | .47 | .44 | 5.15*** | be, bf, ce, cf |
| Demographic Characteristics Sex (1 = female) | .49 | .79 | .60 | .36 | .44 | .63 | .60 | 41.76*** | ab, ac, ad, bc, bd, ce, cf, de, df |
| Race (1 = black) | .06 | .03 | .04 | .06 | .08 | .12 | .08 | 5.15*** | ae, bd. be, ce, |
| Age (in years) | 46.8 (13.2) | 41.0 (13.1) | 44.73 (13.21) | 47.85 (13.4) | 49.71 (11.97) | 47.34 (11.87) | 45.22 (13.56) | 15.94*** | ac, ad, ae, bc, bf, be, df |
| Currently married | .64 | .44 | .60 | .68 | .68 | .63 | .58 | 6.78*** | ab, ac, ad, ae, bc, bd |
| Formerly married | .23 | .37 | .24 | .22 | .23 | .23 | .24 | 1.96 | ac |
| Never married | .13 | .19 | .16 | .10 | .09 | .14 | .18 | 5.49*** | bc, bd |
| Has children (1=yes) | .81 | .74 | .76 | .83 | .86 | .81 | .80 | 7.04*** | bc, bd |
| Socioeconomic Status <12 years education | .09 | .082 | .068 | .082 | .13 | .09 | .071 | 4.04* | bd, cd |
| 13–15 years education | .30 | .36 | .31 | .28 | .29 | .33 | .33 | 1.33 | |
| 16+ years education | .33 | .32 | .38 | .34 | .25 | .23 | .33 | 8.40*** | bd, be, cd, ce |
| Currently employed | .71 | .63 | .72 | .71 | .71 | .69 | .71 | .1.58 | |
| Early Life Characteristics Normal/underweight at age 21 | .79 | 1.00 | .96 | .79 | .56 | .37 | .90 | 16.5*** | ac, ad, ae, bc, bd, be, cd, ce, cf, df, ef |
| Did not report age 21 weight | .04 | 0 | .003 | .005 | .002 | .002 | .81 | 1757*** | af, bf, cf, df, ef |
| Relationship quality with mother when growing up (1=excellent; 5 = poor) | 2.19 (1.10) | 2.39 (1.19) | 2.26 (1.13) | 2.13 (1.07) | 2.12 (1.04) | 2.15 (1.19) | 2.36 (1.15) | 3.29** | bc |
| Relationship quality with mother when growing up (1=excellent; 5 = poor) | 2.57 (1.18) | 2.32 (1.19) | 2.59 (1.21) | 2.54 (1.13) | 2.57 (1.23) | 2.44 (1.23) | 2.10 (1.22) | 1.67 | |
| N | 3511 | 74 | 1177 | 1303 | 526 | 272 | 158 | ||
| % | 100 | 2.1 | 33.5 | 37.1 | 15 | 7.7 | 4.5 | ||
Notes: Asterisks denote significance level of F-statistic, where
p < .05.
p < .01.
p < .001.
Post-hoc comparisons were conducted using ANOVA; significant (p > .05) subgroup differences are denoted as ab: underweight versus normal; ac: underweight versus overweight; ad: underweight versus obese I; ae: underweight versus obese II/III; af: underweight versus weight missing; bc: normal versus overweight; bd: normal versus obese I; be: normal versus obese II/III; bf: normal versus weight missing; cd: overweight versus obese I; ce: overweight versus obese II; cf: overweight versus missing; de: obese I versus obese II/III; df: obese I versus weight missing; ef: obese II/III versus weight missing.