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Table 1 Summary Statistics

From: The effect of gender-specific labor market conditions on children’s weight

 

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Mean

Minimum

Maximum

Observations

Current Population Survey (CPS) and 1990 Census

 Predicted employment growth rate (female)c

1.3577 (4.2848)

−3.5331

14.8789

1,794,341

 Predicted employment growth rate (male)c

1.3232 (5.6010)

−5.3915

17.1153

1,794,341

Arkansas BMI panel

 BMI z-scorec

0.6913 (1.0743)

−3.9988

3.9996

1,794,341

 Overweighta

0.1742 (0.3793)

0

1

1,794,341

 Obesitya

0.2113 (0.4082)

0

1

1,794,341

 Malea

0.5146 (0.4998)

0

1

1,794,341

 Femalea

0.4854 (0.4998)

0

1

1,794,341

 Agec

10.2095 (3.4492)

4

18

1,794,341

 Whitea

0.6605 (0.4735)

0

1

1,794,483

 Hispanica

0.0925 (0.2897)

0

1

1,794,483

 Asiana

0.0185 (0.1346)

0

1

1,794,483

 Blacka

0.2188 (0.4135)

0

1

1,794,483

 Othersa

0.0097 (0.0982)

0

1

1,794,483

 Free or reduced meala

0.5708 (0.4950)

0

1

1,794,341

 Full meala

0.4292 (0.4950)

0

1

1,794,341

American Time Use Survey (ATUS) data

 Predicted employment growth rate (female)c

−0.4226 (0.3395)

−1.1365

0.5901

84,072

 Predicted employment growth rate (male)c

− 0.7023 (0.4882)

−3.6830

0.9694

84,072

 Food preparationc

37.9846 (57.8470)

0

995

84,072

 Purchasing prepared foodc

1.2212 (4.5570)

0

205

84,072

 Physical activities with childrenc

8.5504 (38.6290)

0

840

84,072

 Paid childcare and medical carec

0.5741 (9.8954)

0

1045

84,072

 Malea

0.4327 (0.4955)

0

1

84,072

 Femalea

0.5673 (0.4955)

0

1

84,072

 Agec

49.7287 (16.4049)

16

85

84,072

 Whitea

0.8014 (0.3989)

0

1

84,072

 African-Americana

0.1435 (0.3506)

0

1

84,072

 Othersa

0.0550 (0.2281)

0

1

84,072

 Less than high schoola

0.1101 (0.3130)

0

1

84,072

 High schoola

0.2673 (0.4426)

0

1

108,434

 Bachelor or equivalent degreea

0.4938 (0.5000)

0

1

108,434

 Graduate degreea

0.1288 (0.3350)

0

1

108,434

 Married with spousea

0.5127 (0.4998)

0

1

108,434

 Respondent working full timea

0.5112 (0.4999)

0

1

108,434

 Spouse working full timea

0.3012 (0.4588)

0

1

108,434

 Presence of own household children aged less than 18a

0.3829 (0.4861)

0

1

108,434

 Number of household children aged less than 18b

0.7967 (1.1122)

0

10

108,434

  1. Note: Mean values are represented. Standard deviations are in parentheses. a-Indicator variable, b-Counts, c-Units