Table 5.

Linear regression analyses: associations between stigma components and SES and gender presented in the vignette

	Fat Phobia Scale (n=561)			Positive emotional reactions (n=607)				Negative emotional reactions (n=614)				Social distance (n=608)
	B	β	95% CI		B	ß	95% CI		B	ß	95% CI		B	ß	95% CI
Low SES vignette (ref. lawyer)	0.171	0.173	0.052 to 0.287*		0.035	0.010	−0.393 to 0.464		0.304	0.047	−0.405 to 1.014		1.122	0.135	0.217 to 2.026*
Female gender in vignette (ref. male)	−0.002	−0.002	−0.115 to 0.112		−0.146	−0.039	−0.556 to 0.264		−0.977	−0.151	−1.655 to −0.299*		−1.201	−0.145	−2.068 to −0.334*
Interaction gender* SES in vignette	−0.021	−0.019	−0.182 to 0.139		0.539	0.126	−0.048 to 1.125		0.238	0.032	−0.730 to 1.205		−0.215	−0.023	−1.451 to 1.021

*p<0.01; the model is adjusted for respondents’ gender, age, BMI, occupational position as well as contact to an individual with obesity.

SES, socioeconomic status.