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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of BMI, income and other variables in China, 2000 (n = 9,506 observations)

From: Family income and body mass index – what have we learned from China

Variables

Mean

Standard deviation

Min

Max

Body Mass Index (BMI)

 Whole Sample

22.800

3.246

13.061

39.335

 All Men

22.667

3.122

13.061

35.770

 All Women

22.920

3.351

13.405

39.335

Cofactors

 HH Income (1000 2011CNY)

7.371

8.990

0

161.338

 Highest Years of Education

6.769

4.175

0

18

 Age

45.124

15.456

18

100.8

 Marital Status (0 = not married, 1 = married)

0.868

0.338

0

1

 Gender (0 = male, 1 = female)

0.524

0.499

0

1

 Family size

3.920

1.457

1

11

 Urban (0 = urban, 1 = rural)

0.658

0.474

0

1