Table 5
Marginal Effects of Weight on Labor Market Outcomes: Full Sample of Immigrants and Natives
	Ln Wages		Working		Work Limitations		Professional/Managerial
VARIABLES	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
Overweight	0.044*	0.063***	0.021**	0.023***	0.012	0.009	0.006	−0.023*
	(0.023)	(0.020)	(0.009)	(0.008)	(0.010)	(0.009)	(0.014)	(0.013)
Obese	0.020	0.070***	−0.047***	−0.014	0.109***	0.064***	−0.013	−0.048***
	(0.027)	(0.026)	(0.010)	(0.010)	(0.011)	(0.011)	(0.016)	(0.016)
Immigrant	−0.034	0.163	−0.028	0.034	−0.051	0.048	0.001	0.187**
	(0.111)	(0.127)	(0.041)	(0.061)	(0.049)	(0.052)	(0.063)	(0.074)
Immigrant*Overweight	−0.158	−0.249**	0.016	−0.034	0.119***	−0.028	−0.080	−0.105*
	(0.112)	(0.117)	(0.041)	(0.053)	(0.043)	(0.047)	(0.063)	(0.064)
Immigrant *Obese	−0.190	−0.268**	0.088*	0.004	0.077	0.035	−0.121	−0.121
	(0.145)	(0.116)	(0.051)	(0.066)	(0.054)	(0.060)	(0.090)	(0.083)
Duration in UK	0.005	0.001	−0.000	0.001	0.000	−0.001	0.005**	−0.000
	(0.003)	(0.004)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.002)	(0.002)
East/Asia	0.209	−0.181	−0.004	−0.002	0.068	−0.063	−0.054	−0.008
	(0.137)	(0.187)	(0.061)	(0.077)	(0.060)	(0.070)	(0.083)	(0.078)
India/Pakistan	−0.346*	−0.007	−0.132***	−0.169***	0.147***	0.080	−0.248**	0.137
	(0.181)	(0.179)	(0.051)	(0.063)	(0.056)	(0.056)	(0.104)	(0.112)
Africa/S. America	−0.094	0.085	0.035	−0.103*	0.087	−0.160**	0.028	0.007
	(0.153)	(0.131)	(0.052)	(0.053)	(0.057)	(0.070)	(0.073)	(0.071)
No education	−0.676***	−0.387***	−0.203***	−0.125***	0.066***	0.085***	−0.515***	−0.329***
	(0.035)	(0.034)	(0.010)	(0.010)	(0.011)	(0.010)	(0.029)	(0.020)
HS/vocational	−0.375***	−0.242***	−0.093***	−0.044***	0.008	0.028***	−0.283***	−0.228***
	(0.021)	(0.018)	(0.008)	(0.008)	(0.010)	(0.009)	(0.010)	(0.011)
Smoker	−0.047**	−0.023	−0.042***	−0.052***	0.082***	0.059***	−0.045***	−0.106***
	(0.022)	(0.020)	(0.008)	(0.008)	(0.010)	(0.009)	(0.014)	(0.013)
Drinker	0.334	−0.093	−0.255***	−0.261***	0.359***	0.237***	0.167*	0.037
	(0.337)	(0.197)	(0.063)	(0.034)	(0.062)	(0.036)	(0.095)	(0.112)
Age	0.158***	0.138***	0.049***	0.038***	0.002	0.003**	0.034***	0.032***
	(0.006)	(0.005)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.003)	(0.003)
Age squared	−0.002***	−0.002***	−0.001***	−0.001***	0.000***	0.000**	−0.000***	−0.000***
	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)
Married	−0.105***	0.076***	0.036***	0.062***	−0.039***	−0.030***	−0.026**	0.011
	(0.022)	(0.021)	(0.009)	(0.009)	(0.009)	(0.009)	(0.013)	(0.014)
Number of children	−0.222***	0.009	−0.095***	−0.001	0.008	−0.003	−0.019***	−0.000
	(0.013)	(0.010)	(0.004)	(0.005)	(0.005)	(0.005)	(0.007)	(0.007)
Year 2006	0.067***	0.075***	−0.005	0.005	−0.088***	−0.033***	0.008	0.009
	(0.021)	(0.018)	(0.008)	(0.007)	(0.009)	(0.008)	(0.012)	(0.011)
Observations	6,012	6,803	11,013	10,069	11,013	10,069	5,959	6,842
R-squared	0.246	0.248

Robust standard errors in parentheses. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1. Lnwage models include a constant term which is not shown. Work limits, and professional/managerial are logit models with marginal effects reported.

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