Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for respondents from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health included in the analytic sample.
| Variable | Mean (SE) or % |
|---|---|
| Average excess BMI | 2.8 (0.077) |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | |
| Wave II | 23.2 (0.105) |
| Wave III | 26.5 (0.113) |
| Wave IV | 28.9 (0.130) |
| Biological sex | |
| Male | 51% |
| Female | 49% |
| Parental obesity | |
| Obese | 24% |
| Not obese | 76% |
| Parent education | |
| < High school | 12% |
| High school | 28% |
| Some college | 30% |
| ≥ College | 30% |
| Parent employment | |
| Employed | 70% |
| Unemployed | 30% |
| Race | |
| White | 66% |
| Black | 16% |
| Hispanic | 12% |
| Other | 6.7% |
| Breastfed as infant, exclusive for 6 months | |
| Breastfed | 20% |
| Not breastfed | 80% |
| Birthweight, in ounces | 118.8 (0.331) |
| Family structure | |
| Two biological parent | 55% |
| Two parents, at least one non-biological | 17% |
| Single parent | 24% |
| Other | 4.6% |
| US born | |
| US born | 94% |
| Not US born | 6.1% |
| Pubertal status | 3.2 (0.016) |
| N | 17,669 |
Estimates based on analytic sample of 17,669 respondents across 50 multiply imputed datasets. All estimates account for survey clustering and weighting.