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Table 5 The effect of the birth weight (categorical variable) on the probability of obesity. Stratified by household income. Results for the full sample and for sibling fixed effects analysis

From: Variation in the relationship between birth weight and subsequent obesity by household income

 

Full sample

Sibling fixed effects

Coef.

t

Coef.

t

All

 High birth weight

0.0525

9.58

0.0358

3.63

 Low birth weight

-0.0127

-1.02

-0.0316

-1.39

Low income

 High birth weight

0.0709

6.03

0.0556

2.7

 Low birth weight

-0.0246

-1.17

-0.0203

-0.56

Medium income

 High birth weight

0.0507

5.33

0.0411

2.4

 Low birth weight

-0.0159

-0.69

0.0027

0.06

High income

 High birth weight

0.0454

5.78

0.0177

1.23

 Low birth weight

-0.0051

-0.24

-0.0750

-1.94

  1. Covariates: birth order; maternal age at delivery; whether or not the child was born prematurely; and, the child’s age interacted with gender