Table 1.

Variable Means for Full Sample and by Union Status 2002–2005, Mexican Family Life Survey (MxFLS)

	All	Union Transitions 2002–2005		Stable Union Status 2002–2005
		Entered Union	Dissolved Union	Single	Cohabiting	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow
	N = 11,339	n = 435	n = 188	n = 2,338	n = 1,088	n = 6,208	n = 560	n = 522
Percentage of sample by union statusa	100	4	2	21	10	55	5	5
Dependent variable
Change in body mass index (BMI)	.23	1.78	−.05	.68	.37	.003	.20	−.53
Baseline controls
Age	39.58	22.62	42.68	24.16	38.46	44.04	45.65	64.05
Male	.40	.45	.26	.45	.40	.42	.23	.22
Normal BMIb	.37	.65	.30	.62	.33	.27	.33	.32
Total children	2.57	.32	3.43	.12	3.00	3.26	3.44	5.07
Less than elementary education	.38	.11	.39	.13	.42	.44	.45	.77
Some secondary education	.25	.26	.22	.25	.28	.25	.25	.17
High school degree	.31	.51	.36	.52	.27	.26	.25	.05
Some college +	.06	.12	.03	.10	.03	.05	.05	.01
Indigenous	.14	.12	.14	.11	.14	.15	.10	.16
Logged per capita household income	5.39	5.65	5.25	5.55	5.07	5.42	5.42	4.78
Controls 2002–2005
Moved to urban area	.03	.05	.01	.03	.03	.04	.02	.04
Change in number of children	.22	.65	.60	.07	.32	.22	.11	.25
Change in work status	−.02	−.07	.15	.07	−.04	−.04	−.09	−.09
Change in house-hold size	.30	−.37	.32	.31	.35	.33	.35	.29
Change in household income	−.19	.16	−.40	.08	−.02	−.26	−.48	−.74

^aPercentages across union categories do not add to 100 percent due to rounding.

^bMeans significantly different: Entering union and single stable more likely to be normal weight and have higher mean change in BMI than rest of sample. Dissolved union, stable married, stable cohabiting, and stable divorced/separated/widowed less likely to be normal weight and have lower mean change in BMI than rest of sample.