Table 3.

Estimated coefficients from multilevel random intercept regression models predicting weight change (in kilograms) per year [N=975]

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Race/Ethnicity/Immigrant generation (Ref = First generation Hispanic)
Black	0.11 [−0.13, 0.35]	0.21 [−0.05, 0.45]	0.21† [−0.04, 0.47]
White	−0.02 [−0.18, 0.14]	0.10 [−0.09, 0.29]	0.21† [−0.00, 0.44]
Second plus generation Hispanic	0.31** [0.09, 0.52]	0.30** [0.08, 0.51]	0.35** [0.13, 0.56]
Asian/Pacific Islander	−0.13 [−0.38, 0.12]	−0.09 [−0.35, 0.17]	−0.03 [−0.30, 0.24]
Weight (kilograms) wave 1		−0.02** [−0.03, −0.02]	−0.02** [−0.03, −0.02]
Female		0.03 [−0.15, 0.22]	0.03 [−0.15,0.22]
Age wave 1		−0.01** [−0.02, −0.01]	−0.01** [−0.02, −0.00]
Less than high school education wave 1		0.15† [−0.00,0.32]	0.13 [−0.03,0.29]
Married wave 1		−0.07 [−0.20,0.06]	−0.06 [−0.18,0.07]
Average height		0.01** [0.00,0.03]	0.01** [0.00,0.03]
Neighborhood disadvantage			0.38 [−0.47,1.24]
Neighborhood collective efficacy (Ref=Low) Medium			−0.17† [−0.33,0.00]
High			−0.13 [−0.37,0.10]

Source: L.A. FANS waves 1 and 2, 2000 Census, and 2005–2009 ACS estimates. 95% confidence intervals are reported in brackets. Individual coefficients are statistically significant at the **1%, *5%, †10% level.