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

Global Journal of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease | Vol 4, Issue 1

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