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Table 8 BMI and log hours of work for single women: by availability of employer-provided insurance

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

 

White women

Black women

Hispanic women

 

Employer offers ins.

Employer does not offer ins.

Employer offers ins.

Employer does not offer ins.

Employer offers ins.

Employer does not offer ins.

BMI

0.00263* (1.960)

0.00975*** (3.174)

0.00513*** (3.684)

0.00506* (1.921)

−0.000602 (−0.248)

0.00301 (0.419)

Observations

3232

2221

2759

1451

1044

749

  1. Note 1: Control variables include work experience (quadratic), educational categories, dummies for whether the woman believes in traditional gender roles, whether the woman has any children, if the youngest child is below six, yearly age dummies, region of residence dummies, and year dummies. Note 2: All t-stats reported are based on standard errors clustered at the individual ​level. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, and * p < 0.10
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