Weight Misperceptions and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adolescent Female Body Mass Index

Table 1

Summary statistics: means (SD) and frequencies.

	White ,697	Black; ,316	Hispanic ,022
Outcome measure
Body mass index	21.56 (3.81)	23.80^a (5.57)	22.43^a,b(4.56)
Weight perceptions
Overperceived weight status	24.90%	14.10%^a	22.30%^b
Correct	62.20%	57.30%^a	61.80%^b
Underperceived weight status	12.90%	28.60%^a	15.90%^a,b
Individual and household characteristics
Age	15.78 (1.82)	15.81 (1.85)	15.70 (1.94)
Age of menarche	12.22 (1.51)	11.64^a (1.69)	11.79^a,b (1.75)
Youth income	794.60 (1,554)	545.80^a (1,176)	592.60^a (1,854)
Hours per week worked by youth	12.21 (14.37)	10.82^a (14.95)	10.19^a (15.26)
Youth lives with one biological parent	21.00%	50.40%^a	30.10%^a,b
Mother does not work	17.50%	21.70%^a	26.70%^a,b
Mother works part time	20.40%	11.90%^a	16.00%^a,b
Mother works full time	62.10%	66.40%^a	57.30%^a,b
Urban residence	70.61%	76.96%^a	90.00%^a,b
Suburban residence	9.59%	6.64%^a	4.51%^a
Rural residence	19.80%	16.40%^a	5.49%^a,b
Parental socioeconomic status
Parental income ($1982–1984)	39,357 (31,885)	18,922^a (25,479)	21,450^a,b (28,114)
Mother not completed high school	8.70%	18.20%^a	37.80%^a,b
Mother completed high school	35.90%	42.50%^a	34.40%^b
Mother completed more than high school	55.40%	39.30%^a	27.80%^a,b
Neighborhood food, physical activity, and socioeconomic contextual factors
Price of fast food	2.76 (0.16)	2.74^a (0.20)	2.84^a,b (0.20)
Price of food at home	1.09 (0.10)	1.09 (0.12)	1.14^a,b (0.17)
Fast food restaurants (per 10,000 capita)	2.36 (0.82)	2.60^a (0.86)	2.32^b (0.63)
Full-service restaurants (per 10,000 capita)	10.54 (2.93)	11.34^a (4.48)	11.08^a (3.25)
Grocery stores (per 10,000 capita)	3.00 (1.44)	4.14^a (2. 55)	3.04^b (1.78)
Convenience stores (per 10,000 capita)	1.96 (1.14)	2.48^a (1.71)	1.52^a,b (0.96)
Physical activity outlets (per 10,000 capita)	3.68 (1.14)	3.24^a (1.47)	2.97^a,b (1.20)
County level median household income ($2000)	44,194 (10,417)	39,209^a (10,020)	43,390^b (12,001)

Summary statistics are weighted using the NLSY sampling weights.
SD is standard deviation.
^aStatistically different than whites at P ≤ 0.05; ^bStatistically different from blacks at P ≤ 0.05.