Table 2.

Parameter estimates for Gini: Multi-level logistic regression models on the odds of being obese, NHANES 2003–2008 adults 20–64.

	Both genders				Women				Men
Variables	Coef.	Odds ratio	t-value	P-value	Coef.	Odds ratio	t-value	P-value	Coef.	Odds ratio	t-value	P-value	Gender difference significance
Tract and county
Tract Gini (%)	−0.02	0.98	−2.73	***	−0.01	0.99	−1.20		−0.02	0.98	−2.59	***
Tract household income (log, in $1,000)	−0.29	0.75	−3.45	***	−0.37	0.69	−3.25	***	−0.18	0.83	−1.58		***
County Gini (%)	−0.04	0.96	−2.85	***	−0.04	0.96	−2.58	***	−0.04	0.96	−2.31	**
County median income (log, in $1,000)	−0.52	0.59	−3.17	***	−0.46	0.63	−2.29	***	−0.65	0.52	−2.98	***	**
Tract only
Tract Gini (%)	−0.02	0.98	−3.03	***	−0.01	0.99	−1.60		−0.02	0.98	−2.79	***
Tract household income (log, in $1,000)	−0.40	0.67	−5.35	***	−0.46	0.63	−4.58	***	−0.33	0.72	−3.21	***	**
County only
County Gini (%)	−0.04	0.96	−3.48	***	−0.04	0.96	−2.81	***	−0.05	0.95	−2.96	***	**
County median income (log, in $1,000)	−0.68	0.51	−4.72	***	−0.72	0.49	−4.03	***	−0.70	0.50	−3.68	***

All equations are three-models controlling for individual age, gender, marital status, family size, education, race/ethnicity, nativity, and survey year.

^***p<0.01,

^**p<0.05,

^*p<0.1