Table 2.
Percentage Incident Obesity from Adolescence (Average Age 16) to Wave IV (Average Age 28) by Selected Groups (Standard Errors in Parentheses)
| Variable | Overall | — Women — | — Men — | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Non-Black | Black | Non-Black | ||
| College Graduates | |||||
| Married at Wave IV | |||||
| Married then college degreea | 24 (.032) | 57 (.20) | 22 (.041) | 53 (.22) | 22 (.051) |
| College degree then married | 17* (.012) | 37 (.057) | 12** (.015) | 19 (.050) | 21 (.023) |
| Not married at Wave IV | 17* (.012) | 27 (.026) | 18 (.018) | 23 (.046) | 15 (.016) |
| Has child at Wave IV | |||||
| Child then college degreea | 26 (.037) | 28 (.069) | 23 (.046) | 48 (.17) | 23 (.075) |
| College degree then child | 20† (.016) | 39 (.062) | 15 (.023) | 20 (.075) | 22 (.028) |
| No children by Wave IV | 16** (.010) | 27 (.032) | 15** (.014) | 20† (.043) | 16 (.014) |
| College degree, not parent or spouse at Wave IV | 16 (.012) | 25 (.038) | 17 (.018) | 23 (.051) | 14 (.016) |
a
Reference category for group
†
Value significantly differs from the group reference category, p<.05, one-tailed test
*
Value significantly differs from the group reference category, p<.05, two-tailed test
**
Value significantly differs from the group reference category, p<.01, two-tailed test