Fast Food Consumption and Food Prices: Evidence from Panel Data on 5th and 8th Grade Children
Table 4
Longitudinal regression estimates for individual level random effects model of the determinants of fast food consumption, by sub groups.
Price of Fast Food
Price of Food at Home
Fast Food Restaurant Outlet Density
Median Household Income
Full sample
−0.527** (0.241)
0.175 (0.401)
0.025** (0.013)
−0.131*** (0.021)
By gender
Female
0.070 (0.345)
−0.783 (0.555)
0.022 (0.012)
−0.146*** (0.028)
Male
−0.190*** (0.351)
1.163** (.056)
0.039 (0.026)
−0.108*** (0.030)
By income
0–35 K
−0.627 (0.610)
1.223 (0.991)
0.074 (0.043)
−0.285*** (0.084)
36–75 K
−0.407 (0.443)
−0.284 (0.647)
0.035 (0.024)
−0.139*** (0.041)
75 K+
−0.534 (0.292)
0.046 (0.433)
0.016 (0.011)
−0.076*** (0.019)
By weight status
Overweight
−0.787** (0.391)
0.944 (0.703)
0.080*** (0.029)
−0.170*** (0.038)
Nonoverweight
−0.397 (0.332)
0.083 (0.482)
0.007 (0.011)
−0.118*** (0.025)
By race
White
−0.844*** (0.239)
−0.065 (0.368)
0.039*** (0.012)
−0.081*** (0.018)
African American
0.172 (1.389)
−2.360 (2.066)
0.063 (0.070)
−0.228 (0.133)
Hispanic
0.073 (0.741)
0.893 (1.143)
0.022 (0.064)
−0.210*** (0.069)
By TV viewing
9 hours or more per week
−0.595** (0.261)
0.229 (0.435)
0.028** (0.014)
−0.140*** (0.023)
Less than 9 hours per week
1.050 (0.617)
−0.794 (0.870)
−0.028 (0.028)
−0.080 (0.042)
Notes: the regression models include all variables shown in Table 2 and those described in the notes of Table 2. Standard errors are reported in parentheses and are robust and clustered at the home zip code level. **significance at 5%; ***significance at 1%.
