Table 1.
Summary Statistics of Control Variables for the YRBSS Samples.
| Female | Male | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-Reported Normal-Weight | Self-Reported Overweight | Self-Reported Normal-Weight | Self-Reported Overweight | |
| BMI category | 6.044 | 10.392 | 6.184 | 10.484 |
| (2.294) | (0.488) | (2.309) | (0.500) | |
| Age (years) | 16.136 | 16.082 | 16.273 | 16.200 |
| (1.198) | (1.238) | (1.202) | (1.216) | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 0.524 | 0.374 | 0.539 | 0.451 |
| (0.499) | (0.484) | (0.498) | (0.498) | |
| Hispanics | 0.240 | 0.297 | 0.229 | 0.298 |
| (0.427) | (0.457) | (0.420) | (0.458) | |
| African American | 0.153 | 0.267 | 0.150 | 0.172 |
| (0.360) | (0.442) | (0.357) | (0.378) | |
| GPA | 2.127 | 2.465 | 2.178 | 2.424 |
| (0.908) | (1.001) | (0.916) | (0.953) | |
| 10th grade | 0.249 | 0.244 | 0.244 | 0.25 |
| (0.432) | (0.430) | (0.430) | (0.433) | |
| 11th grade | 0.262 | 0.247 | 0.258 | 0.255 |
| (0.440) | (0.431) | (0.438) | (0.436) | |
| 12th grade | 0.261 | 0.248 | 0.273 | 0.257 |
| (0.439) | (0.432) | (0.446) | (0.437) | |
| Depression | 0.346 | 0.402 | 0.205 | 0.217 |
| (0.476) | (0.490) | (0.404) | (0.412) | |
| Suicide | 0.173 | 0.224 | 0.105 | 0.113 |
| (0.378) | (0.417) | (0.307) | (0.316) | |
| Sex | 0.484 | 0.492 | 0.519 | 0.533 |
| (0.500) | (0.500) | (0.500) | (0.499) | |
| Drink | 0.259 | 0.236 | 0.309 | 0.308 |
| (0.438) | (0.425) | (0.462) | (0.462) | |
| Smoke | 0.522 | 0.603 | 0.576 | 0.599 |
| (0.500) | (0.489) | (0.494) | (0.490) | |
| Marijuana | 0.375 | 0.407 | 0.464 | 0.459 |
| (0.484) | (0.491) | (0.499) | (0.498) | |
| Drive | 0.344 | 0.327 | 0.339 | 0.351 |
| (0.475) | (0.469) | (0.473) | (0.477) | |
| Observations | 19,291 | 6833 | 16,258 | 7859 |
Notes: Numbers above parentheses are the mean and numbers in parentheses are the standard deviation for each variable by gender and self-reported weight status.