Table 6.
Coefficients from multinomial logit regression models for weight status among men, 2008–2012 (N = 7109)
| 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 | −0.16 | 0.01 | 0.34** | −0.15 | 0.14 | 0.29* | −0.03 | 0.06 | 0.20 | −0.05 | 0.05 | 0.18 |
| (0.24) | (0.09) | (0.13) | (0.26) | (0.10) | (0.14) | (0.27) | (0.10) | (0.15) | (0.27) | (0.10) | (0.15) | |
| College and above | −0.22 | 0.12 | 0.42** | −0.22 | 0.28** | 0.34* | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.11 |
| (0.24) | (0.08) | (0.13) | (0.29) | (0.10) | (0.16) | (0.30) | (0.11) | (0.17) | (0.30) | (0.11) | (0.18) | |
| Household income (logged) | −0.14 | 0.12** | 0.10 | −0.11 | 0.12** | 0.10 | ||||||
| (0.07) | (0.04) | (0.06) | (0.07) | (0.04) | (0.06) | |||||||
| Occupational status (manual worker) | ||||||||||||
| Professional | −0.30 | 0.31** | 0.32* | −0.26 | 0.29** | 0.26 | ||||||
| (0.30) | (0.10) | (0.14) | (0.30) | (0.10) | (0.14) | |||||||
| Clerical/service/sales | −0.48 | 0.21* | 0.25* | −0.46 | 0.19* | 0.20 | ||||||
| (0.27) | (0.09) | (0.12) | (0.27) | (0.09) | (0.13) | |||||||
| Not in the labor force | 0.22 | 0.05 | −0.22 | 0.18 | 0.10 | −0.12 | ||||||
| (0.27) | (0.11) | (0.17) | (0.27) | (0.11) | (0.17) | |||||||
| Marital status (married) | ||||||||||||
| Single | 0.16 | −0.35** | −0.34* | −0.08 | −0.26* | −0.19 | −0.02 | −0.25 | −0.18 | |||
| (0.29) | (0.10) | (0.14) | (0.31) | (0.11) | (0.14) | (0.31) | (0.11) | (0.15) | ||||
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 0.41 | 0.01 | −0.03 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.25 | 0.08 | −0.02 | |||
| (0.41) | (0.16) | (0.24) | (0.44) | (0.16) | (0.25) | (0.45) | (0.16) | (0.25) | ||||
| Health behaviors | ||||||||||||
| Hours of sleep | 0.02 | −0.09* | −0.25** | |||||||||
| (0.10) | (0.03) | (0.05) | ||||||||||
| Smoking (current smoker) | ||||||||||||
| Non smoker | −0.62* | 0.03 | 0.07 | |||||||||
| (0.29) | (0.09) | (0.13) | ||||||||||
| Former smoker | −0.08 | 0.25** | 0.09 | |||||||||
| (0.31) | (0.09) | (0.14) | ||||||||||
| Drinking (Never) | ||||||||||||
| Light drinker | 0.22 | −0.10 | −0.16 | |||||||||
| (0.33) | (0.12) | (0.18) | ||||||||||
| Light and frequent drinker | 0.06 | −0.16 | −0.55** | |||||||||
| (0.33) | (0.12) | (0.19) | ||||||||||
| Moderate drinker | −0.19 | 0.19 | 0.01 | |||||||||
| (0.34) | (0.12) | (0.18) | ||||||||||
| Heavy drinker (60–80 g ethanol/a day) | −0.49 | 0.12 | 0.00 | |||||||||
| (0.37) | (0.12) | (0.18) | ||||||||||
| Binge drinker (> 80 g ethanol/a day) | −0.66 | 0.42** | 0.71** | |||||||||
| (0.38) | (0.12) | (0.17) | ||||||||||
| Constant | −2.44** | 0.41** | −1.16** | −0.99 | −0.05 | −0.14 | 0.24 | −1.08** | −1.03 | 0.30 | −0.59 | 0.44 |
| (0.19) | (0.07) | (0.11) | (0.72) | (0.25) | (0.36) | (0.96) | (0.40) | (0.59) | (1.23) | (0.48) | (0.72) | |
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