Table 3
Immigration and Weight: Full Sample of Immigrants and Natives
	BMI		Obesity(BMI ≥ 30)
VARIABLES	Women	Men	Women	Men
Immigrant	−2.154***	−0.458	−0.105***	−0.075
	(0.412)	(0.474)	(0.027)	(0.048)
Duration in UK	0.037***	0.018	0.001	0.002
	(0.010)	(0.011)	(0.001)	(0.001)
East/Asia	−0.056	−0.638	0.038	−0.007
	(0.719)	(0.523)	(0.057)	(0.061)
India/Pakistan	1.074*	−1.569***	0.113*	−0.055
	(0.611)	(0.590)	(0.062)	(0.052)
Africa/S America	−0.326	0.693	−0.023	0.110*
	(0.566)	(0.635)	(0.041)	(0.060)
No education	1.427***	0.424***	0.094***	0.046***
	(0.143)	(0.127)	(0.011)	(0.011)
HS/Vocational	0.791***	0.265***	0.039***	0.010
	(0.109)	(0.094)	(0.009)	(0.008)
Age	0.320***	0.339***	0.015***	0.017***
	(0.015)	(0.013)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Age squared	−0.003***	−0.003***	−0.000***	−0.000***
	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)
Smoker	−0.962***	−0.898***	−0.042***	−0.052***
	(0.118)	(0.099)	(0.009)	(0.008)
Drinker	−1.558*	−1.692***	−0.014	−0.051
	(0.872)	(0.531)	(0.060)	(0.037)
Married	0.093	0.180*	0.005	0.001
	(0.114)	(0.106)	(0.009)	(0.010)
Number of children	−0.035	0.123**	−0.004	0.000
	(0.057)	(0.056)	(0.004)	(0.005)
Year 2006	2.054***	0.537***	0.110***	0.026***
	(0.101)	(0.084)	(0.008)	(0.008)
Constant	17.658***	18.318***	−0.204***	−0.199***
	(0.318)	(0.281)	(0.023)	(0.022)
Observations	11,013	10,069	11,013	10,069
R-squared	0.110	0.102	0.047	0.030

Robust standard errors in parentheses. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1.

Obesity is a logit model with marginal effects reported.

Averett et al. IZA Journal of Migration 2012 1:2   doi:10.1186/2193-9039-1-2