Table 3. Hierarchical Linear Model Results for Female BMI, HRS 2006–2008.

Variables	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4
	β(SE)	p	β(SE)	p	β(SE)	p	β(SE)	p
Intercept	29.06(0.10)	<0.0001	27.15(0.26)	<0.0001	28.05(0.28)	<0.0001	28.22(0.29)	<0.0001
Childhood Conditions
Financial Hardship			0.08(0.17)	0.6487	-0.02(0.17)	0.8915	-0.07(0.17)	0.6930
Poor or Fair Health			-0.05(0.33)	0.8860	-0.13(0.33)	0.6993	-0.13(0.33)	0.6885
Family Moved			0.08(0.20)	0.6979	0.01(0.20)	0.9716	0.01(0.20)	0.9721
Mother’s Education
> High School (ref)
< High School			0.37(0.27)	0.1655	0.03(0.27)	0.9011	-0.03(0.27)	0.9190
High School			0.02(0.26)	0.9258	-0.18(0.26)	0.5021	-0.17(0.26)	0.5096
Mother Educ. Missing			0.59(0.38)	0.1196	0.10(0.38)	0.7884	0.05(0.38)	0.8980
Father’s Education
> High School (ref)
< High School			1.23(0.27)	<0.0001	0.91(0.27)	0.0008	0.68(0.27)	0.0137
High School			1.01(0.28)	0.0002	0.83(0.28)	0.0026	0.67(0.28)	0.0149
Father's Educ. Missing			1.37(0.34)	<0.0001	0.93(0.35)	0.0076	0.70(0.35)	0.0446
Father's Employment
Employed (ref)
Unemployed			0.02(0.19)	0.9025	0.01(0.19)	0.9626	0.02(0.19)	0.9306
Absent			-0.43(0.28)	0.1228	-0.51(0.28)	0.0652	-0.50(0.28)	0.0739
Missing Data			-0.00(0.73)	0.9981	-0.00(0.73)	0.9957	0.01(0.73)	0.9839
Adult Socioeconomic Status
Household Income (log)					-0.14(0.06)	0.0327	-0.07(0.06)	0.2557
Household Wealth (log)					-0.08(0.02)	<0.0001	-0.07(0.02)	<0.0001
Education (years)					-0.15(0.03)	<0.0001	-0.11(0.03)	0.0003
Neighborhood Characteristics
SES Advantage							-0.62(0.09)	<0.0001
SES Disadvantage							-0.03(0.11)	0.7674
Built Environment							-0.01(0.09)	0.9261
% Same Household							0.17(0.08)	0.0361
% Over 65							-0.10(0.07)	0.1651
% Rural							0.09(0.08)	0.2930

Notes. Models 2–4 include controls for wave of interview, age, race and ethnicity, nativity, and marital status.