Table 2 Multilevel Models Neighborhood, Family, and Childhood Influences on BMI (b and (95% Confidence Interval))

Fixed effects

Intercept

24.76 (24.35 to 25.16)

25.62 (24.64 to 26.59)

Family Variables

Family income in $1,000 s

0.004 (−0.01 to 0.02)

0.0038 (−0.01 to 0.02)

Social assistance

2.02 (0.92 to 3.11)***

1.89 (0.26 to 3.52)*

Immigrant parents

−1.20 (−1.78 to −0.61)***

−1.20 (−1.73 to −0.66)***

Education in years

−0.18 (−0.25 to −0.09)***

−0.17 (−0.26 to −0.09)***

Parent medical problem

0.47 (−0.12 to 1.06)

0.46 (−0.13 to 1.06)

Parent functional limitation

−0.50 (−1.35 to 0.36)

−0.50 (−1.40 to 0.37)

Parent treated for “nerves”

−0.10 (−0.74 to 0.55)

−0.16 (−0.85 to 0.53)

Parent hospitalized for “nerves”

1.20 (0.15 to 2.24)*

1.19 (−0.01 to 2.39)

Family functioning

−0.05 (−0.10 to −0.007)*

−0.06 (−0.11 to −0.01)*

Child variables

Age in years

0.11 (0.05to −0.22)**

0.10 (0.04 to 0.17)**

Male

1.28 (0.87 to 1.70)***

1.27 (0.66 to1.59)***

Psychiatric disorder

1.12 (0.31 to 1.94)**

Functional limitation

−0.11 (−1.43 to 1.21)

Medical condition

−0.03 (−0.71 to 0.66)

School performance

−0.26 (−0.50 to −0.01)*

Low birth weight

−0.77 (−2.19 to 0.64)

Physical abuse

0.12 (−0.47 to 0.72)

Sexual abuse

0.50 (−1.33 to 0.64)

Random Effects (SE)

Level 2, Family

7.65 (0.79)

7.60 (1.27)

Level 1, Child

13.03 (0.64)

12.87 (0.99)

−2*log likelihood

11,519

11,498