Table 5.
Estimates of the effect of other policies on health behaviours using polynomial regression.
| BMI |
Alcohol |
No. cigarettes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coeff. | N. | Coeff. | N. | Coeff. | N. | |
| Model I: | ||||||
| Changes to the QOF in 2006 | 0.05 (0.12) | 25,152 | −0.03 (0.02) | 27,467 | 0.13 (0.27) | 31,383 |
| Model II: | ||||||
| Smoking ban in 2007 | – | – | 0.25 (0.44) | 31,383 | ||
Note: results refer to best polynomial order. Std. errors in (). Weighted sample. All equations control for age, age squared, gender, educational qualification, number of children, marital status and income.