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Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2015 Jun;56(2):281–295. doi: 10.1177/0022146515581618

Table 3.

Obesity at Wave IV (Average Age 28) as a Function of Adolescent Body Mass, College Degree Sequencing, and Selected Controls (n=13,980); Unexponentiated Coefficients

Variable	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
College Sequencing Indicators
Marriage then college degree	0.50^*		0.46^*	0.50^*
First child born before college degree		0.33	0.19	0.06
College degree, no kids	−0.39^*	−0.37^*	−0.35^*	−0.29^†
College degree, not married	−0.0054	−0.09	−0.02	−0.02
Married and/or first child after college degree^a	referent	referent	referent	referent
(First child born before college degree)^* Male				−0.14
(First child born before college degree)^* Black				−0.34
(First child born before college degree)^* Male^* Black				2.40^*
Controls
Male				−0.33^**
Black				0.46^**
Male^* Black				−0.79^**
Adolescent BMI	0.40^**	0.40^**	0.40^**	0.40^**
No college degree^b	0.19^†	0.14	0.22^*	0.30^**
Parent has college degree	−0.13^†	−0.13^†	−0.13^†	−0.09
Age at Wave IV	−0.12^**	−0.12^**	−0.12^**	−0.12^**
Constant	−6.55^**	−6.50^**	−6.60	−6.81^**

See text for rationale for this reference group. In Models 1–3 it refers to all respondents, and in Model 4 it refers to non-Black women (as a result of the included interaction terms).

Reference group is “Married and/or first child after college degree”

p<.05, two-tailed test;

^**

p<.01, two-tailed test