Table 2:
Mean Estimates of BMI by Measures of SES Within Race/Ethnicity Groups§.
| White (n = 487)† | Hispanic (n = 479)‡ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure of SES | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI |
| Overall | 29.1 | (28.2, 30.0) | 30.2 | (29.5, 30.8) |
| Education level | ||||
| High school graduate or lower | 31.6 | (29.9, 33.3)1 | ||
| Didn’t go to school; grade school (1 – 4 years) | 29.8 | (28.2, 31.5) | ||
| Grade school (5 – 8 years) | 30.2 | (29.1, 31.4) | ||
| Some high school (9 – 11 years) | 30.7 | (29.3, 32.1) | ||
| High school diploma or GED | 29.7 | (28.7, 30.8) | ||
| Vocational/training school; some college or associate degree | 31.1 | (29.7, 32.5) | 31.1 | (29.5, 32.6) |
| College graduate or higher | 29.6 | (28.0, 31.3) | ||
| College graduate or baccalaureate degree | 27.1 | (25.7, 28.5) | ||
| College or professional degree after college graduation | 27.0 | (24.5, 29.8) | ||
| Master’s or doctoral degree | 26.4 | (25.0, 27.9) | ||
| Total family income (in the last year, before taxes; K= $1000 unit) | ||||
| < $30K | 32.1 | (30.4, 33.8) | 30.6 | (29.6, 31.5) |
| $30K - <$50K | 28.6 | (26.8, 30.5) | 30.0 | (28.8, 31.2) |
| $50K - <$75K | 28.6 | (27.1, 30.2) | 28.6 | (26.7, 30.6) |
| $75K - <$100K | 28.3 | (26.7, 30.0) | 29.2 | (26.0, 32.7) |
| >$100K | 26.5 | (25.2, 27.9) | 27.8 | (23.3, 32.0) |
| Employment status | ||||
| Other (not working, disabled, homemaker, raising children, caring of others, student, etc.) | 30.7 | (29.3, 32.1) | 30.3 | (29.6, 31.1) |
| Employed (full-time, part-time, self-employed) | 28.2 | (27.3, 29.2) | 30.0 | (29.2, 30.8) |
| MacArthur scale of subjective social status | ||||
| Levels 1 (worst) – 2 | 33.5 | (30.4, 37.0) | 30.4 | (29.1, 31.8) |
| Levels 3 – 4 | 31.2 | (29.8, 32.7) | 30.4 | (29.3, 31.5) |
| Levels 5 – 6 | 28.2 | (27.1, 29.4) | 30.4 | (29.3, 31.5) |
| Levels 7 – 10 (best) | 26.9 | (25.6, 28.3) | 29.5 | (28.2, 30.8) |
§
Restricted to baseline analytic dataset. Estimates are obtained by back-transforming least squares mean estimates from random - intercept linear mixed models;
†
Adjusted for participant’s age (continuous covariate);
‡
Adjusted for participant’s age and acculturation (continuous and categorical covariates, respectively).