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Table 4 Marginal Effects of Weight on Labor Market Outcomes. Immigrants Only Sample.

From: Immigration, obesity and labor market outcomes in the UK

 

Ln Wages

Working

Work Limitations

Professional/Managerial

VARIABLES

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Overweight

−0.127

−0.164

0.042

−0.021

0.123***

−0.020

−0.110*

−0.118*

 

(0.112)

(0.117)

(0.044)

(0.041)

(0.045)

(0.048)

(0.061)

(0.061)

Obese

−0.141

−0.175

0.049

−0.001

0.184***

0.116**

−0.174*

−0.161*

 

(0.137)

(0.116)

(0.051)

(0.055)

(0.057)

(0.057)

(0.089)

(0.083)

Duration in UK

0.010**

−0.005

0.000

−0.001

0.000

−0.001

0.003

−0.003

 

(0.004)

(0.004)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.002)

(0.002)

East/Asia

0.267**

−0.118

0.006

0.014

0.073

−0.044

−0.046

−0.007

 

(0.126)

(0.184)

(0.064)

(0.070)

(0.064)

(0.072)

(0.075)

(0.083)

India/Pakistan

−0.329

0.023

−0.125**

−0.142***

0.189***

0.100*

−0.262***

0.162

 

(0.218)

(0.178)

(0.053)

(0.053)

(0.061)

(0.054)

(0.093)

(0.110)

Africa/S. America

−0.010

0.091

0.040

−0.097**

0.094

−0.138*

0.038

−0.024

 

(0.150)

(0.138)

(0.051)

(0.047)

(0.064)

(0.078)

(0.073)

(0.073)

No education

−0.449***

−0.559***

−0.218***

−0.225***

0.060

0.106**

−0.488***

−0.486***

 

(0.155)

(0.181)

(0.041)

(0.045)

(0.047)

(0.051)

(0.119)

(0.104)

HS/vocational

−0.445***

−0.353***

−0.103**

−0.073

−0.019

0.072

−0.268***

−0.302***

 

(0.118)

(0.118)

(0.042)

(0.046)

(0.055)

(0.054)

(0.060)

(0.055)

Smoker

−0.089

−0.177

−0.012

−0.051

0.145***

0.046

−0.191**

−0.200***

 

(0.150)

(0.111)

(0.046)

(0.035)

(0.052)

(0.045)

(0.077)

(0.060)

Drinker

−0.919***

0.005

 

0.099

 

0.307*

 

0.452

 

(0.180)

(0.161)

 

(0.092)

 

(0.159)

 

(0.318)

Age

0.103**

0.107***

0.037***

0.035***

0.004

−0.015**

0.025*

0.043***

 

(0.040)

(0.020)

(0.010)

(0.008)

(0.007)

(0.007)

(0.014)

(0.012)

Age squared

−0.001***

−0.001***

−0.001***

−0.000***

0.000

0.000***

−0.000

−0.000***

 

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

Married

0.225*

0.001

0.017

0.076

−0.019

0.067

0.098

−0.128*

 

(0.123)

(0.136)

(0.041)

(0.055)

(0.044)

(0.054)

(0.060)

(0.077)

Number of children

−0.428***

−0.004

−0.082***

−0.015

−0.048*

−0.012

−0.069**

0.004

 

(0.066)

(0.072)

(0.018)

(0.023)

(0.025)

(0.027)

(0.033)

(0.034)

Year 2006

0.061

0.157

0.050

−0.025

−0.072*

−0.035

0.130**

0.046

 

(0.102)

(0.106)

(0.037)

(0.035)

(0.041)

(0.042)

(0.058)

(0.058)

Constant

5.425***

5.441***

      
 

(0.806)

(0.423)

      

Observations

259

237

487

349

487

349

258

237

R-squared

0.279

0.172

      
  1. Robust standard errors in parentheses. Work limits, and professional/managerial are logit models with marginal effects reported.
  2. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1. Drinker was dropped due to collinearity in small samples for women in the logit models.