Table 3.

Growth Curve Models of the Joint Impacts of Race-ethnicity, Gender, SES, and Aging on BMI; NLSY97,Waves 1–15

	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3
Fixed Effects a	Men	Women	bm≠w	Men	Women	m≠w	Men	Women	m≠w
Intercept	20.745***	20.121***	†	20.869***	20.693***	†	21.026***	20.816***
Race (ref. White)
Black	.690***	2.062***	†	.507*	1.777***	†	.318	1.709***	†
Hispanic	.707***	.888***		.508*	.665**		.400	.522
SES
Parental Education				−.030	−.055***		−.127**	−.129***
Parental Net Worth				.−065**	−.007***		−.063**	−.015
Race × SES
Black × Parental Education							.181	.184
Hispanic × Parental Education							.125	.079
Black × Parental Net Worth							−.002	.027
Hispanic × Parental Net Worth							.000	−.003
Linear Slope (Age)	.749***	.689***		.778***	.739***		.777***	.744***
Race (ref. White)
Black	−.005	.106***	†	−.018	.076***	†	−.018	.109***
Hispanic	.076***	.052*		.054**	.003		.070***	−.020
SES
Parental Education				−.007*	−.013***		−.011**	−.021***
Parental Net Worth				.002	−.001		−.001	−.005	†
Race × SES
Black × Parental Education							.008	.007
Hispanic × Parental Education							.005	.011
Black × Parental Net Worth							.003	.012***
Hispanic × Parental Net Worth							.006*	−.002
Quadratic Slope (Age2)	−.019***	−.015***	†	−.019***	−.015***	†	−.019***	−.015***	†
Random Effects
Level 1 Residual	1.865***	2.180***		1.865***	2.180***		1.865***	2.180***
Level 2 Age	.772***	.768***		.773***	.765***		.772***	.762***
Level 2 Age2	.040***	.039***		.040***	.039***		.040***	.039***
Level 2 Intercept	4.240***	4.056***		4.228***	4.048***		4.221***	4.041***
−2 Log Likelihood	9931576	9503493		9929803	9500248		9928927	9498583
N	3711	3494		3711	3494		3711	3494

Note: BMI=body=mass index; SES=socioeconomic status; NLSY97= National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 cohort.

^aAll models control for proportion of waves missing, urban residence, whether the respondent was ever incarcerated, and missing on parental net worth

^b‘m≠w’ indicates Chow tests for differences between men and women

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p <0.001