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Table 1 Summary statistics for 2004–2013 BRFSS respondents in the labor market, ages 18 to 65

From: What happens when the definition of disability changes? The case of obesity

 

Full sample

Underweight

Normal weight

Overweight

Obese

Morbidly obese

Men

 Employed

0.899

0.791*

0.885

0.912*

0.897*

0.847*

 In the labor market

0.808

0.647*

0.805

0.831*

0.794*

0.687*

 Married

0.600

0.325*

0.504

0.640*

0.643*

0.550*

 Child present

0.369

0.313*

0.360

0.381*

0.364*

0.323*

 Age

46.228

39.617*

43.293

47.035*

47.817*

47.517*

 Black

0.071

0.100*

0.069

0.064*

0.081*

0.099*

 Hispanic

0.079

0.105*

0.075

0.081*

0.081*

0.080*

 No high school diploma

0.079

0.175*

0.086

0.069*

0.082*

0.113*

 High school graduate

0.291

0.366*

0.279

0.276*

0.317*

0.350*

 Some college

0.261

0.248*

0.241

0.257*

0.284*

0.293*

 College graduate

0.369

0.211*

0.394

0.398*

0.317*

0.244*

N

1,168,553

8,972

303,355

511,128

306,961

38,137

Women

 Employed

0.899

0.859*

0.912

0.903*

0.886*

0.847*

 In the labor market

0.691

0.612*

0.711

0.703*

0.671*

0.587*

 Married

0.567

0.480*

0.600

0.587*

0.529*

0.423*

 Child present

0.415

0.429*

0.444

0.399*

0.394*

0.379*

 Age

46.681

42.561*

44.948

47.850*

48.195*

47.920*

 Black

0.100

0.057

0.055

0.104*

0.152*

0.203*

 Hispanic

0.084

0.070

0.072

0.094*

0.094*

0.079*

 No high school diploma

0.074

0.092*

0.052

0.073*

0.098*

0.126*

 High school graduate

0.271

0.269*

0.230

0.283*

0.312*

0.325*

 Some college

0.291

0.277

0.272

0.297*

0.312*

0.322*

 College graduate

0.364

0.362*

0.446

0.347*

0.278*

0.227*

N

1,642,813

33,056

649,220

487,175

384,977

57,486

  1. Notes: Reported estimates use respondents in the labor market ages 18 to 65 from the 2004–2013 BRFSS data. The employed variable counts respondents who are employed for wages as employed, counts respondents who are out of work as unemployed, and drops all other respondents. The labor market variable counts workers who are employed for wages, self-employed, or out of work as being in the labor market and workers who are a homemaker, a student, retired, or unable to work as being out of the labor market. An * indicates a significant difference in the sample mean at the 5 % level between the normal-weight group and the BMI classification group of interest