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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2022 Jul;63(1 Suppl 1):S18–S27. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2022.02.013

Table 2.

Percentage of the Sample That Experienced Obesity or Financial Stressors, by Year (N=8,059; Observations=36,122)

Years
Variable names 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Outcome
 Obesity 24% 30% 32% 36% 39% 41%
Wealth shocks
 Net worth shock 12% 11% 15% 14% 19% 13%
 Savings shock 21% 16% 20% 21% 22% 17%
 Housing shock 5% 6% 8% 8% 9% 6%
 Property shock 11% 14% 15% 12% 14% 13%
Debts
 Indebted 14% 11% 11% 12% 15% 13%
 Housing debt 2% 1% 1% 1% 2% 1%
 Property debt 6% 6% 5% 5% 4% 4%
 Unsecured debt 37% 38% 50% 53% 50% 48%
Bankruptcies
 Bankrupt 3% 4% 4% 3% 3% 1%
 Chapter 7 2% 3% 2% 2% 1% 1%
 Chapter 13 1% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1%