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Table 12 Clinical weight categories and log hours of work: OLS results for men and women with sibling

From: Marriage markets as explanation for why heavier people work more hours

 

Single

Married

 

White

Black

Hispanic

White

Black

Hispanic

Panel A: women

 Obese

0.0738*** (2.773)

0.0871*** (3.436)

0.0117 (0.280)

0.0801** (2.558)

0.0764* (1.842)

−0.0119 (−0.211)

 Overweight

0.0655*** (3.194)

0.0578*** (2.617)

0.0332 (0.951)

0.0646*** (2.805)

0.0638* (1.917)

−0.00577 (−0.121)

 Underweight

−0.00751 (−0.243)

−0.0172 (−0.262)

0.0436 (0.463)

0.0423 (0.940)

−0.0161 (−0.264)

0.0750 (0.563)

 Control for wage

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Observations

6469

4671

2020

5239

1210

1061

Panel B: men

 Obese

0.0348 (1.499)

0.0372 (1.119)

0.0192 (0.598)

−0.00160 (−0.0774)

0.00437 (0.125)

−0.0318 (−0.706)

 Overweight

0.0433*** (2.880)

0.0653*** (3.107)

0.0410* (1.688)

−0.0185 (−1.348)

−0.0451 (−1.523)

0.0207 (0.550)

 Underweight

0.0447 (0.796)

0.00670 (0.0793)

−0.0574 (−0.618)

−0.127 (−0.661)

0.792*** (8.584)

−0.0945 (−0.764)

 Control for wage

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Observations

8648

4777

2997

4561

1196

1122

  1. Note 1: Control variables include work experience (quadratic), educational categories, dummies for whether the respondent believes in traditional gender roles, whether the respondent has any children, if the youngest child is below six, yearly age dummies, region of residence dummies, and year dummies. For married sample, additional controls include spouse’s age, educational categories, and annual income. Note 2: t-stats reported are based on standard errors clustered at the individual level
  2. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, and * p < 0.10