Table 3.

Mean differences between self-reported BMI and measured BMI (kg/m²).

	China	India	Russia	South Africa
Overall	−0.05	2.33 ***	−0.37 ***	1.69 **
Male	−0.02	2.05 ***	−0.26 ***	2.10 **
Female	−0.08	3.30 ***	−0.43***	1.38 *
Urban	0.02	1.33 **	−0.39 ***	1.43 **
Rural	−0.13 *	2.83 ***	−0.30 **	3.19
Less than high school	−0.07	2.91 ***	−0.35 **	2.04 **
Completed high school	0.03	1.41 ***	−0.39 ***	−0.20
Completed college	0.01	0.70	−0.34 ***	1.58
Never married	0.25	2.09	−0.53 **	2.81
Cohabiting or currently married	−0.09	2.31 ***	−0.33 ***	1.47 *
Previously married	0.25	2.54 **	−0.42 ***	1.55 *
Age [50, 65)	−0.12 *	2.43 ***	−0.36 ***	1.37 *
Age [65, 80)	−0.03	2.18 ***	−0.35 ***	2.39 *
Age [80, maximum]	1.41 **	1.46	−0.48 *	0.91

* denotes significance at the 0.05 level, ** at the 0.01 level, and *** at the 0.001 level.