Appendix Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics of Variables Used in Analysis

Variable	Male		Female
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
BMI	27.4	4.2	26.7	5.6
Race/Ethnicity
Black	0.124	0.330	0.165	0.371
Hispanic	0.203	0.402	0.208	0.406
Asian	0.037	0.189	0.031	0.174
Immigrant status & U.S. residence
native-born	0.791	0.407	0.813	0.390
< 10 years	0.069	0.253	0.061	0.239
10+ years	0.140	0.347	0.126	0.332
Education
no high school	0.179	0.383	0.176	0.381
high school	0.247	0.431	0.229	0.420
some college	0.275	0.447	0.301	0.459
college	0.209	0.407	0.196	0.397
beyond college	0.090	0.286	0.099	0.299
Income-to-needs
<1.0	0.094	0.292	0.146	0.353
1.0–1.5	0.071	0.257	0.091	0.288
1.5–2.5	0.168	0.374	0.180	0.384
2.5–3.5	0.169	0.375	0.148	0.355
>=3.5	0.498	0.500	0.435	0.496
Age	39.7	8.4	39.5	8.5
Age-squared	1645	671	1634	676
Marital status
married	0.536	0.499	0.540	0.498
not married	0.166	0.372	0.223	0.416
never married	0.234	0.424	0.187	0.390
cohabiting	0.064	0.244	0.051	0.219
Number of children
0	0.577	0.494	0.420	0.494
1–2	0.332	0.471	0.435	0.496
3–10	0.091	0.287	0.145	0.352
Food Stamp participation	0.051	0.221	0.111	0.314
% of population	0.459		0.541