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Table 4 Multilevel regression models on children’s weight status

From: Association between maternal and paternal employment and their children’s weight status and unhealthy behaviours: does it matter who the working parent is?

 

Obesity

Obesity / overweight

BMI (linear)

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Only the father has a job

1.029

1.005

0.977

0.962

1.022

1.009

0.991

0.983

0.013

-0.001

-0.027

-0.036

(0.086)

(0.084)

(0.082)

(0.081)

(0.039)

(0.038)

(0.038)

(0.037)

(0.042)

(0.042)

(0.042)

(0.042)

Only the mother has a job

1.320**

1.259

1.231

1.188

1.093

1.065

1.051

1.031

0.218***

0.189**

0.168**

0.148

(0.186)

(0.178)

(0.174)

(0.168)

(0.075)

(0.073)

(0.072)

(0.071)

(0.078)

(0.078)

(0.078)

(0.078)

None of the parents have a job

1.560***

1.438**

1.363

1.285

1.184**

1.134

1.096

1.063

0.258***

0.211**

0.164

0.131

(0.249)

(0.230)

(0.220)

(0.208)

(0.100)

(0.096)

(0.093)

(0.091)

(0.098)

(0.098)

(0.098)

(0.099)

Medium–low family affluence

 

1.497***

 

1.418***

 

1.246***

 

1.205***

0.245***

(0.046)

 

0.201***

(0.046)

 

(0.130)

(0.124)

(0.050)

(0.049)

  

Parents’ high educational level

 

0.657***

0.677***

 

0.785***

0.798***

 

-0.325***

-0.308***

(0.076)

(0.079)

(0.038)

(0.039)

(0.051)

(0.051)

Parents’ low educational level

1.373***

1.334***

1.202***

1.183***

0.215***

0.197***

(0.122)

(0.119)

(0.051)

(0.050)

(0.049)

(0.049)

Spanish parents

0.837

0.847

0.839

0.847

0.820***

0.826***

0.819***

0.824***

-0.247***

-0.239***

-0.247***

-0.240***

(0.081)

(0.082)

(0.082)

(0.082)

(0.038)

(0.038)

(0.038)

(0.038)

(0.054)

(0.053)

(0.053)

(0.053)

MOR (school)

1.53

1.51

1.50

1.48

1.31

1.30

1.29

1.29

0.020

0.019

0.018

0.018

Wald Chi2 test

265

288.7

303.3

320.4

642.1

672.5

700.3

721.4

3285

3339

3428

3463

  1. Odds ratios for obesity and obesity + overweight, and coefficients for BMI
  2. Robust seeform in parentheses. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05
  3. All models were also adjusted for gender, age, number of siblings, region and year. Models 2 and 4 were also adjusted for the missing variables of the family’s socioeconomic level. Models 3 and 4 were also adjusted for the missing variables of the parent’s educational level. Only biparental families considered. N = 27,598. 532 schools
  4. Reference categories: both parents have a job; high family affluence; parents’ medium educational level; non-Spanish parents
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