Table 3 Immigration and Weight: Full Sample of Immigrants and Natives
From: Immigration, obesity and labor market outcomes in the UK
BMI | Obesity(BMI ≥ 30) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
VARIABLES | Women | Men | Women | Men |
Immigrant | −2.154*** | −0.458 | −0.105*** | −0.075 |
(0.412) | (0.474) | (0.027) | (0.048) | |
Duration in UK | 0.037*** | 0.018 | 0.001 | 0.002 |
(0.010) | (0.011) | (0.001) | (0.001) | |
East/Asia | −0.056 | −0.638 | 0.038 | −0.007 |
(0.719) | (0.523) | (0.057) | (0.061) | |
India/Pakistan | 1.074* | −1.569*** | 0.113* | −0.055 |
(0.611) | (0.590) | (0.062) | (0.052) | |
Africa/S America | −0.326 | 0.693 | −0.023 | 0.110* |
(0.566) | (0.635) | (0.041) | (0.060) | |
No education | 1.427*** | 0.424*** | 0.094*** | 0.046*** |
(0.143) | (0.127) | (0.011) | (0.011) | |
HS/Vocational | 0.791*** | 0.265*** | 0.039*** | 0.010 |
(0.109) | (0.094) | (0.009) | (0.008) | |
Age | 0.320*** | 0.339*** | 0.015*** | 0.017*** |
(0.015) | (0.013) | (0.001) | (0.001) | |
Age squared | −0.003*** | −0.003*** | −0.000*** | −0.000*** |
(0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | |
Smoker | −0.962*** | −0.898*** | −0.042*** | −0.052*** |
(0.118) | (0.099) | (0.009) | (0.008) | |
Drinker | −1.558* | −1.692*** | −0.014 | −0.051 |
(0.872) | (0.531) | (0.060) | (0.037) | |
Married | 0.093 | 0.180* | 0.005 | 0.001 |
(0.114) | (0.106) | (0.009) | (0.010) | |
Number of children | −0.035 | 0.123** | −0.004 | 0.000 |
(0.057) | (0.056) | (0.004) | (0.005) | |
Year 2006 | 2.054*** | 0.537*** | 0.110*** | 0.026*** |
(0.101) | (0.084) | (0.008) | (0.008) | |
Constant | 17.658*** | 18.318*** | −0.204*** | −0.199*** |
(0.318) | (0.281) | (0.023) | (0.022) | |
Observations | 11,013 | 10,069 | 11,013 | 10,069 |
R-squared | 0.110 | 0.102 | 0.047 | 0.030 |