Table 5.
Coefficients from multinomial logit regression models for weight status among women, 2008–2012 (N = 10,838)
| Characteristic | Model 1a Under-weight | Over-weight | Obesity | Model 2a Under-weight | Over-weight | Obesity | Model 3a Under-weight | Over-weight | Obesity | Model 4a Under-weight | Over-weight | Obesity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Educational attainment (middle school or less)b | ||||||||||||
| High school | 0.70** | −0.74** | −0.80** | −0.15 | −0.38** | −0.71** | −0.24 | −0.39** | −0.69** | −0.22 | −0.39** | −0.68** |
| (0.21) | (0.06) | (0.09) | (0.24) | (0.08) | (0.11) | (0.25) | (0.08) | (0.12) | (0.24) | (0.08) | (0.12) | |
| College and above | 1.24** | −1.27** | −1.58** | 0.01 | −0.74** | −1.44** | −0.12 | −0.73** | −1.42** | −0.12 | −0.72** | −1.38** |
| (0.20) | (0.07) | (0.11) | (0.25) | (0.09) | (0.15) | (0.27) | (0.10) | (0.15) | (0.27) | (0.10) | (0.15) | |
| Household income (logged) | 0.12 | 0.03 | −0.16** | 0.12 | 0.02 | −0.16** | ||||||
| (0.08) | (0.04) | (0.05) | (0.08) | (0.04) | (0.05) | |||||||
| Occupational status (manual worker) | ||||||||||||
| Professional | 0.30 | −0.08 | 0.24 | 0.26 | −0.08 | 0.25 | ||||||
| (0.24) | (0.12) | (0.19) | (0.24) | (0.12) | (0.19) | |||||||
| Clerical/service/sales | 0.39 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 0.39 | 0.06 | 0.25 | ||||||
| (0.22) | (0.09) | (0.14) | (0.22) | (0.09) | (0.13) | |||||||
| Not in the labor force | 0.37 | −0.02 | 0.15 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.18 | ||||||
| (0.21) | (0.08) | (0.12) | (0.21) | (0.08) | (0.12) | |||||||
| Marital status (married) | ||||||||||||
| Single | 0.36* | −0.14 | −0.35 | 0.38* | −0.14 | −0.43* | 0.42** | −0.17 | −0.49* | |||
| (0.15) | (0.11) | (0.19) | (0.16) | (0.11) | (0.19) | (0.16) | (0.12) | (0.20) | ||||
| Separated/divorced/widowed | −0.12 | −0.08 | −0.06 | −0.03 | −0.07 | −0.16 | −0.01 | −0.08 | −0.22 | |||
| (0.26) | (0.09) | (0.14) | (0.27) | (0.10) | (0.14) | (0.27) | (0.10) | (0.14) | ||||
| Health behaviors | ||||||||||||
| Hours of sleep | 0.09 | −0.07* | −0.16** | |||||||||
| (0.06) | (0.03) | (0.04) | ||||||||||
| Smoking (non-smoker) | ||||||||||||
| Current smoker | 0.05 | −0.20 | −0.02 | |||||||||
| (0.19) | (0.11) | (0.15) | ||||||||||
| Former smoker | −0.41 | 0.08 | 0.29 | |||||||||
| (0.33) | (0.16) | (0.22) | ||||||||||
| Drinking (Never) | ||||||||||||
| Light drinker | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | |||||||||
| (0.14) | (0.07) | (0.10) | ||||||||||
| Light and frequent drinker | −0.15 | −0.02 | −0.01 | |||||||||
| (0.16) | (0.08) | (0.12) | ||||||||||
| Moderate drinker | −0.49* | 0.01 | 0.12 | |||||||||
| (0.23) | (0.11) | (0.16) | ||||||||||
| Heavy drinker (60–80 g ethanol/a day) | 0.04 | 0.33* | 0.40 | |||||||||
| (0.28) | (0.16) | (0.24) | ||||||||||
| Binge drinker (> 80 g ethanol/a day) | −0.02 | 0.51** | 0.71** | |||||||||
| (0.32) | (0.20) | (0.25) | ||||||||||
| Constant | −3.00** | 0.50** | −0.63** | 0.41 | −1.14** | −0.67* | −0.79* | −1.35** | 0.44 | −1.38 | −0.88* | 1.32* |
| (0.18) | (0.05) | (0.07) | (0.49) | (0.21) | (0.31) | (0.79) | (0.35) | (0.50) | (0.90) | (0.43) | (0.60) | |
p-value ** < 0.01; * < 0.05. Age, survey year, self-reported health, region of residence, and parental education are controlled for in models 2–4. Robust standard errors are in parentheses.
aNormal weight is a reference outcome.
bOmitted categories are shown in parentheses