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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2013 May 31;92:1–8. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.05.019

Table 4. Models predicting BMIz for Latino children by mother's preferred languagea.

Spanish (N=115,275) b (SE) English (N=84,300) b(SE)
Child's gender (Ref=male) -0.093 (0.007)*** -0.094 (0.008)***
Child's age 0.074 (0.004)*** 0.044 (0.005)***
Household education
 (> 12 years, ref)
 < 12 years 0.016 (0.016) 0.050 (0.013)***
 12 years 1.87×10−4(0.017) 0.049 (0.013)***
Neighborhood median income
 (≥ $49,168, ref)
 ≤ $ 28,180 0.123 (0.018)*** 0.075 (0.017)***
 $28,181 to $49,167 0.045 (0.016)** 0.021 (0.015)
PRSL 0.003 (0.001)** -0.002 (0.001)*
PRSL squared -3 ×10−5(9.5×10−6)** -3 ×10−6(12×10−6)

PRSL, percent of residents who speak the same language as the mother.

*

p < 0.05;

**

p < 0.01;

***

p < 0.001. ref=reference group.

a

All models are adjusted for year of measurement.