Table 5.

Log Odds of Obesity among Kindergarteners using Data from the Full Samples of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, 1998 Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) and 2001 Birth Cohort (ECLS-B), Parameter Estimates (β) and Standard Errors (SE)¹

Part 1
	ECLS-B				ECLS-K
	Model 1. ECLS-B no maternal BMI		Model 2. ECLS-B with maternal BMI		Model 3. ECLS-K, no maternal BMI		Model 4. ECLS-K, with maternal BMI
	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE
Mother’s race/ethnicity (Ref: non-Hispanic white)
Hispanic	0.608 **	0.113	0.588 **	0.117	0.485 **	0.073	0.438 **	0.077
Black	0.368 **	0.135	0.209	0.140	0.113	0.090	−0.069	0.095
Asian	−0.477 **	0.155	−0.189	0.158	0.170	0.120	0.425 **	0.128
Other	0.561 **	0.156	0.520 **	0.162	0.134	0.144	0.077	0.153
Mother’s education (Ref: < 9th grade)
9th–12th grade	−0.609 **	0.207	−0.637 **	0.211	−0.181	0.144	−0.193	0.155
High school/GED	−0.669 **	0.185	−0.694 **	0.189	−0.104	0.127	−0.139	0.138
Some college	−0.790 **	0.187	−0.823 **	0.191	−0.175	0.129	−0.214	0.141
Bachelor’s	−0.930 **	0.220	−0.831 **	0.223	−0.412 **	0.146	−0.346 *	0.159
At least some graduate school	−0.787 **	0.229	−0.670 **	0.234	−0.556 **	0.167	−0.454 *	0.183
Log household income	−0.120 *	0.049	−0.070	0.052	−0.091 **	0.028	−0.036	0.032
Mother’s marital status (Ref: never married)
Married	−0.142	0.123	−0.132	0.125	−0.194 *	0.088	−0.166 †	0.091
Formerly married	−0.097	0.153	−0.063	0.155	−0.120	0.099	−0.042	0.109
Birthweight (Ref: average)
Low	−0.631 **	0.114	−0.649 **	0.118	−0.397 **	0.120	−0.395 **	0.124
High	0.508 **	0.144	0.327 *	0.148	0.654 **	0.070	0.447 **	0.088
Mother’s age at birth	0.017 *	0.008	0.017 *	0.008	0.012 *	0.005	0.012 *	0.005
Multiple birth	−0.108	0.138	−0.198	0.144	−0.088	0.209	−0.186	0.215
Female	−0.165 *	0.082	−0.194 *	0.083	−0.151 **	0.052	−0.188 **	0.056
Child’s age	−0.001	0.009	−0.002	0.009	−0.002	0.006	−0.002	0.006
Siblings	−0.254 **	0.043	−0.273 **	0.044	−0.154 **	0.025	−0.174 **	0.027
Maternal BMI			0.077 **	0.006			0.090 **	0.009
Survey sample control for Intercept	−0.254 **	0.043	−2.394 **	0.871	−0.800	0.524	−3.964 **	0.653
Observations3	5,200		5,200		15,240		15,240

Part 2
	ECLS-B and ECLS-K Pooled				Ratio of SE’s
	Model 5. Pooled, no maternal BMI		Model 6. Pooled, with maternal BMI		Ratio of Pooled versus ECLS-B, no maternal BMI	Ratio of Pooled versus ECLS-B, with maternal BMI
	β	SE	β	SE	(Model 5)/(Model 1)	(Model 6)/(Model 2)
Mother’s race/ethnicity (Ref: non-Hispanic white)
Hispanic	0.510 **	0.061	0.472 **	0.063	1.86	1.84
Black	0.184 *	0.074	0.008	0.078	1.83	1.79
Asian	−0.115	0.096	0.171 †	0.100	1.61	1.58
Other	0.320 **	0.102	0.265 *	0.108	1.53	1.50
Mother’s education (Ref: < 9th grade)
9th–12th grade	−0.321 **	0.116	−0.340 **	0.124	1.78	1.70
High school/GED	−0.287 **	0.103	−0.320 **	0.110	1.79	1.72
Some college	−0.373 **	0.105	−0.410 **	0.112	1.79	1.70
Bachelor’s	−0.588 **	0.120	−0.516 **	0.128	1.83	1.74
At least some graduate school	−0.643 **	0.133	−0.536 **	0.142	1.72	1.65
Log household income	−0.099 **	0.024	−0.044 †	0.027	2.03	1.93
Mother’s marital status (Ref: never married)
Married	−0.188 **	0.071	−0.165 *	0.073	1.75	1.72
Formerly married	−0.123	0.082	−0.057	0.088	1.87	1.75
Birthweight (Ref: average)
Low	−0.502 **	0.083	−0.514 **	0.086	1.37	1.37
High	0.623 **	0.063	0.425 **	0.075	2.28	1.98
Mother’s age at birth	0.013 **	0.004	0.013 **	0.004	1.86	1.82
Multiple birth	−0.139	0.112	−0.244 *	0.117	1.24	1.23
Female	−0.152 **	0.044	−0.187 **	0.046	1.87	1.81
Child’s age	−0.001	0.005	−0.001	0.005	1.85	1.79
Siblings	−0.181 **	0.022	−0.201 **	0.023	1.95	1.89
Maternal BMI			0.086 **	0.007		0.94
Survey sample control for Intercept	0.404 ** −0.629 †	0.052 0.439	0.402 ** −3.635 **	0.054 0.518
Observations3	20,440		20,440

Notes:

¹All regressions are unweighted.

²Mother’s weight status in the ECLS-B is calculated from reported height and weight; mother’s weight status in the ECLS-K is imputed.

³All observations are rounded to comply with NCES disclosure guidelines.

^†P <.10;

^*P <.05;

^**P <.01