Diminished Returns of Educational Attainment on Body Mass Index Among Latino Populations: Insights from UAS Data

Table 1.

Descriptive tables, overall and by ethnicity

  All (n = 5,722)   Non-Latino (n = 5,131)   Latino (n = 591)  

  Mean Std. Deviation Mean Std. Deviation Mean Std. Deviation

Age (Yrs) * 49 16 50 15 38 14

Education Years* 11.17 2.216 11.25 2.218 10.55 2.093

BMI (Yr 12)* 28.93 6.97 28.87 6.90 29.53 7.53

  n % n % n %

Ethnicity            

     Non-Latino 5,131 89.7 5,131 100 - -

     Latino 591 10.3 - - 591 100

Gender*            

     Men 2,508 43.8 2,308 45.0 200 33.8

     Women 3,214 56.2 2,823 55.0 391 66.2

Married*            

     No 2,307 40.3 1,992 38.8 315 53.3

     Yes 3,415 59.7 3,139 61.2 276 46.7

In Labor market*            

     No 2,384 41.7 2,156 42.0 228 38.6

     Yes 3,338 58.3 2,975 58.0 363 61.4

*p < 0.05 for comparison of Latino and non-Latino