Research Article

The Association between the Availability of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage in School Vending Machines and Its Consumption among Adolescents in California: A Propensity Score Matching Approach

Table 2

Probit regression predicting the propensity scores of sugar-sweetened beverage’s availability at school vending machines.

PredictorProbit coefficient

Gender (female = 1)0.06
Age 2 . 3 3
Age square 0 . 0 7
Parental education
 Less than high school (referent group)
 High school only 0 . 0 3
 Some college 0 . 0 7
 Graduated from college 0 . 1 1
Race/ethnicity
 White (referent group)
 African American 0 . 0 2
 Latino 1 . 0 2
 Asian and other 0 . 9 8
Household income (above federal poverty line = 1) 0 . 0 5
School type (attending public school = 1) 0 . 1 6

𝑁 = 3 9 8 3

Coefficient significant at 10 % ; 5 % ; 1 % .