Research Article

Values, Norms, and Peer Effects on Weight Status

Table 2

Quantile estimates of average BMI on individual BMI (individualistic versus collectivistic).

Panel A: all25%50%75%

Average BMI0.3740.4340.495
(0.044)(0.051)(0.069)
95% CI
379173791737917
Pseudo 0.1130.1000.079

Country-based

Panel B: individualistic25%50%75%

Average BMI0.2640.2890.216
(0.072)(0.072)(0.099)
95% CI
221722217222172
Pseudo 0.1030.0890.070

Panel C: collectivistic25%50%75%

Average BMI0.3740.5130.539
(0.069)(0.079)(0.106)
95% CI
157451574515745
Pseudo 0.1380.1290.107

Individual-based

Panel D: individualistic25%50%75%

Average BMI0.2570.3720.603
(0.133)(0.121)(0.182)
95% CI
460546054605
Pseudo 0.1480.1450.119

Panel E: collectivistic25%50%75%

Average BMI0.3430.5600.568
(0.088)(0.122)(0.172)
95% CI
552955295529
Pseudo 0.1020.0920.079

The dependent variable is individual BMI. At the country level, individualistic countries are Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and UK. Collectivistic countries are Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Spain, Israel, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, and Slovenia. At the individual level, individualistic is for those individuals having 75% or above centered values of achievement and power. Collectivistic is for those individuals having 75% or above centered values of universalism and benevolence. Controls are average BMI (from its country age band gender cell), individual characteristics (dummies of age groups (with <20 as the reference group), gender, marital status, education), household income (4-point scale, with 1 = very difficult on present income as the reference), and country dummies (for full sample, Germany as the reference country). Bootstrapped standard errors are in parentheses; 95% confidence intervals (CI) are in brackets. < 0.1, < 0.05, and < 0.01.