Table 3.
Weight status and schoolmate-reported social integration, by race/ethnicity and sex
| Number of Friends Linear Regression Estimates |
Best Friend Reciprocated Friendship Logistic Regression Estimates |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 3 |
Model 4 |
Model 5 |
Model 6 |
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| Variables | All Students | Girls | Boys | All Students | Girls | Boys |
| White, not obese (ref.) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Obese | −.54c (.12) |
−.45b (.20) |
−.60c (.18) |
21.86c (.19) |
22.02c (.30) |
21.72c (.24) |
| Black | −.44b (.10) |
−.50c (.12) |
−.39b (.16) |
−.56b (.28) |
−.74b (.31) |
−.37 (.33) |
| Hispanic | −.29b (.13) |
−.46c (.17) |
−.09 (.18) |
−.37 (.29) |
−.56 (.36) |
−.19 (.38) |
| Asian | −.07 (.20) |
−.54b (.26) |
.38 (.23) |
−.21 (.37) |
−.58 (.42) |
.18 (.50) |
| Black, obese | .71c (.26) |
.87c (.32) |
.39 (.37) |
.59b (.26) |
1.10c (.38) |
.02 (.42) |
| Hispanic, obese | .06 (.33) |
.04 (.42) |
.02 (.45) |
.98b (.43) |
.93 (.62) |
.94a (.53) |
| Asian, obese | .22 (.56) |
.33 (.54) |
.03 (.71) |
.70 (.56) |
−.28 (.69) |
.61 (.64) |
| Constant | .49 (.48) |
.64 (.66) |
.76 (.57) |
3.50c (.93) |
5.94c (1.01) |
1.77 (1.14) |
All models include controls for: other race, sex, parental education, foodstamp eligibility, years the respondent has attended current school, number of students in school, proportion of students of the same race/ethnicity in school, public/private school, region, and urbanicity.
Standard errors in parentheses.
a
significant at 10%.
b
significant at 5%.
c
significant at 1%.