Table 2.

Variation in BMI and Health Behavior Status by Wave: 1992–2006 (N = 82,512 observations)^{* †}

	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006
Body mass index	26.98 (4.96)	27.11 (4.95)	27.23 (5.05)	27.30 (5.05)	27.47 (5.15)	27.59 (5.22)	27.63 (5.32)	27.97 (5.43)
PA (lag)	0.32 (0.47)	0.33 (0.47)	0.58 (0.41)	0.53 (0.50)	0.49 (0.50)	0.51 (0.50)	0.47 (.050)	0.42 (0.49)
Change‡ in PA		0.01 (0.29)	−0.17 (0.63)	−0.04 (0.54)	−0.01 (0.55)	−0.03 (0.54)	−0.06 (0.57)	−0.04 (0.53)
Smoking status	0.40 (0.49)	0.40 (0.49)	0.24 (0.43)	0.22 (0.41)	0.19 (0.39)	0.17 (0.38)	0.15 (0.36)	0.14 (0.35)
Change in smoking status		−0.16 (0.41)	−0.01 (0.25)	−0.03 (0.25)	−0.02 (0.23)	−0.02 (0.23)	−0.01 (0.23)	0.06 (0.35)
Alcohol use	0.63 (0.48)	0.64 (0.48)	0.58 (0.49)	0.55 (0.50)	0.53 (0.50)	0.51 (0.50)	0.52 (0.50)	0.51 (0.50)
Change in alcohol use		−0.06 (0.37)	−0.03 (0.39)	−0.02 (0.39)	−0.02 (0.39)	−0.01 (0.40)	−0.01 (0.40)	0.02 (0.39)

Notes: PA = physical activity.

^*Values in Table 2 represent Mean (SD).

^†Weighted descriptives shown; case weights are respondent-level 1992 weights from the HRS Cross-Tracker 2006 File.

^‡“Change” variables represent the difference between current (t_i) and previous wave (t_{i −1}).