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Table 4 Likelihood of Increasing or Decreasing Weight between 1999 and 2001

From: Smoking, drinking and body weight after re-employment: does unemployment experience and compensation make a difference?

a: Likelihood of Increasing Weight between 1999 and 2001

 

Frequency

Sig.

OR

95.0% C.I.

 

Total = 3,331

  

Lower

Upper

Employment status in 2000

     

Continuously employed

3,205

 

1

  

Unemployed with compensation

48

0.77

0.9

0.51

1.64

Unemployed without compensation

78

0.25

0.8

0.48

1.21

BMI in 1999

3,331

<.001

1

0.94

0.97

Education

     

Less than high school

210

 

1

  

High School

947

0.73

1

0.7

1.29

More than high school

1,359

0.77

1.1

0.77

1.42

Missing

815

0.69

0.9

0.68

1.29

Marital status

     

Married or partner

2,213

 

1

  

Single living alone

419

0.97

1

0.75

1.34

Widowed, sep. or divorced

699

0.75

1

0.75

1.23

Income level*

3,331

0.46

1

0.98

1.05

# household members

3,331

0.25

1

0.98

1.09

Female

652

0.06

1.3

0.99

1.6

Age

3,331

0.03

1

0.98

1

Race

     

White

2,197

.

1

  

African American

861

0.02

1.2

1.04

1.47

Other

273

0.72

1.1

0.8

1.39

Health Status

     

Excellent

885

 

1

  

Very good

1,255

0.38

1.1

0.91

1.29

Good

943

0.15

1.2

0.95

1.4

Fair/Poor

248

0.02

1.4

1.04

1.9

b: Likelihood of Decreasing Weight between 1999 and 2001

 

Frequency

Sig.

OR

95.0% C.I.

 

Total = 3,331

  

Lower

Upper

Employment status in 2000

     

Continuously employed

3,205

.

1

  

Unemployed with compensation

48

0.4

1.3

0.71

2.38

Unemployed without compensation

78

0.02

1.7

1.09

2.76

BMI in 1999

3,331

<.001

1.1

1.05

1.09

Education

     

Less than high school

210

 

1

  

High School

947

0.27

0.8

0.6

1.15

More than high school

1,359

0.14

0.8

0.57

1.09

Missing

815

0.94

1

0.7

1.38

Marital status

     

Married or partner

2,213

 

1

  

Single living alone

419

0.72

0.9

0.69

1.3

Widowed, sep. or divorced

699

0.28

1.2

0.89

1.51

Income level*

3,331

0.6

1

0.95

1.03

# household members

3,331

0.05

0.9

0.88

1

Female

652

0.02

0.7

0.56

0.95

Age

3,331

0.04

1

1

1.02

Race

     

White

2,197

 

1

  

African American

861

0.48

1.1

0.88

1.3

Other

273

0.15

1.2

0.93

1.67

Health Status

     

Excellent

885

 

1

  

Very good

1,255

0.1

0.9

0.7

1.03

Good

943

0.44

0.9

0.74

1.14

Fair/Poor

248

0.2

0.8

0.58

1.12

  1. * The income variable used was the total household post-government income created for use in the Cross-National Equivalent File[38]. This represents the combined income after taxes and government transfers. A Box-Cox transformation was performed on this variable to normalize it.
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