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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Behav Med. 2018 Feb;25(1):141–149. doi: 10.1007/s12529-017-9688-6

Table 2.

Overweight and obese by all variables

Girls
Boys
n = 448
n = 517
Overweight (95% CIs) Obese (95% CIs) Overweight (95% CIs) Obese (95% CIs)
Total 40.18 (35.62–44.74) 17.63 (14.09–21.18) 48.74 (44.42–53.07) 20.12 (16.65–23.58)
Family income
 Low income 37.70 (28.98–46.43) 15.57 (9.05–22.10) 45.16 (37.24–53.08) 20.65 (14.20–27.09)
 Middle income 40.49 (32.87–48.11) 17.79 (11.86–23.72) 50.81 (43.54–58.08) 19.46 (13.70–25.22)
 High income 41.72 (34.07–49.37) 19.02 (12.93–25.11) 49.72 (42.28–57.16) 20.34 (14.35–26.33)
District income
 Low income 38.57 (30.41–46.73) 17.86 (11.43–24.28) 44.79 (37.07–52.50) 15.34 (9.75–20.93)
 Middle income 39.16 (31.06–47.26) 13.99 (8.23–19.74) 44.31 (36.70–51.92) 17.96 (12.08–23.85)
 High income 42.42 (34.80–50.04) 20.61 (14.37–26.84) 56.15 (48.97–63.33) 26.20 (19.84–32.56)
Parental education
 < HS 38.24 (26.39–50.09) 13.24 (4.97–21.50) 52.38 (41.48–63.28) 26.19 (16.59–35.79)
 HS diploma 39.34 (26.73–51.96) 13.11 (4.40–21.83) 53.73 (41.48–65.99) 25.37 (14.68–36.07)
 Some college 42.57 (32.76–52.38) 20.79 (12.74–28.84) 39.81 (30.43–49.20) 12.96 (6.53–19.40)
 BA + 40.48 (33.78–47.17) 18.57 (13.27–23.87) 51.01 (44.73–57.29) 19.26 (15.48–25.87)
Hukou status
 Urban 41.51 (36.06–46.95) 19.18 (14.83–23.53) 46.38 (41.30–51.46) 19.30 (15.28–23.33)
 Rural 36.92 (28.52–45.33) 13.85 (7.83–19.87) 54.86 (46.64–63.09) 22.22 (15.35–29.09)
Birth order
 First birth 39.15 (34.35–43.95) 17.21 (13.49–20.92) 48.02 (43.40–52.63) 19.38 (15.73–23.03)
 Higher order birth 48.94 (34.10–63.77) 21.28 (9.13–33.42) 53.97 (41.31–66.62) 25.40 (14.35–36.45)
Grandparents in household
 No 40.68 (34.36–46.99) 17.37 (12.50–22.24) 48.74 (42.81–54.66) 21.30 (16.45–26.15)
 Yes 39.62 (32.99–46.26) 17.92 (12.72–23.13) 48.75 (42.38–55.12) 18.75 (13.78–23.72)
Care arrangement
 Parent 41.01(34.42–47.61) 18.43 (13.23–23.63) 48.26 (41.75–54.77) 20.43 (15.18–25.69)
 Grandparent 41.32 (32.42–50.22) 22.31 (14.79–29.84) 46.85 (38.58–55.13) 19.58 (13.00–26.16)
 Formal care 36.89 (27.42–46.37) 11.65 (5.35–17.95) 51.09 (42.62–59.57) 19.71 (12.96–26.45)
 Others 42.86 (−6.58–92.29) 57.14 (7.71–106.58) 28.57 (−16.56–73.70)
Health insurance
 No 37.93 (27.53–48.33) 11.49 (4.66–18.33) 52.63 (42.41–62.86) 25.26 (16.36–34.16)
 Yes 40.72 (35.63–45.81) 19.11 (15.04–23.19) 47.87 (43.08–52.65) 18.96 (15.20–22.71)
Child general health
 Good 39.70 (34.90–44.50) 17.12 (13.43–20.82) 50.11 (45.40–54.83) 20.46 (16.65–24.27)
 Poor 44.44 (29.35–59.54) 22.22 (9.59–34.85) 41.46 (30.57–52.35) 18.29 (9.75–26.84)
Mother’s work schedule
 Not working 38.46 (27.42–49.50) 19.23 (10.29–28.17) 38.46 (26.31–50.61) 15.38 (6.37–24.39)
 Standard daytime hours 38.80 (33.24–44.35) 16.72 (12.47–20.98) 48.21 (43.04–53.37) 21.21 (16.99–25.44)
 Nonstandard hours 47.89 (35.98–59.80) 19.72 (10.23–29.20) 58.43 (47.99–68.87) 19.10 (10.77–27.43)

Note: Descriptive statistics are shown for the sample with available (non-missing) data