The Association of Pension Income with the Incidence of Type I Obesity among Retired Israelis
Table 8
Descriptive statistics of 2015-2016 panel for men after retirement.
Variables
Description
Obs.
Mean
(SD)
Weight
Weight in kg with light clothing and without shoes
850
80
(13.5)
Height
Height in meters without shoes
850
171
(6.9)
BMI
850
27
(4.2)
BMI25
1 = BMI ≥ 25; 0 = BMI < 25
850
65%
(47.6%)
BMI30
1 = BMI ≥ 30; 0 = BMI < 30
850
22%
(41.1%)
BMI35
1 = BMI ≥ 35; 0 = BMI < 35
850
5%
(20.7%)
GET_PENSION
1 = receives pension; 0 = otherwise
850
38%
(48.6%)
INCPENS > 0
Household’s annual gross monetary income from pensions in NIS for men who are either the respondent or spouse in the household
323
97,218
(102,324.0)
Owner
1 = own an apartment; 0 = otherwise
850
73%
(44.3%)
Books
1 = At least one book at the home library; 0 = no books at the home library
850
98%
(14.0%)
Car
1 = own a car; 0 = otherwise
850
65%
(47.7%)
Age
Age in years
850
75
(4.5)
Academic
1 = Formal academic education with BA, MA or Ph.D. diploma; 0 = otherwise
850
34%
(47.4%)
HHSIZE
Number of persons in household
850
2
(1.1)
Single
1 = Single; 0 = otherwise
850
2%
(13.6%)
Married
1 = Married; 0 = otherwise
850
75%
(43.3%)
Divorced
1 = Divorced; 0 = otherwise
850
8%
(27.7%)
Widow
1 = Widow; 0 = otherwise
850
15%
(35.4%)
Immigrant
1 = Immigrant; 0 = otherwise
850
0.696
(46.0%)
IMM_EUROPE_AMERICA
1 = Immigrant from European or American countries; 0 = otherwise
850
47%
(49.9%)
IMM_ASIA_AFRICA
1 = Immigrant from Asian or African countries; 0 = otherwise
850
23%
(41.8%)
IMM_EUROPE_AMERICA_PER
1 = Immigrant from European or American countries only for the group of immigrants; 0 = otherwise
592
68%
(46.9%)
OVERALL_HEALTH
1 = Self-reporting of good overall health conditions; 0 = otherwise
850
55%
(49.8%)
Note. The sample includes panel of 921 (850) females × years (males × years) belonging to 507 (466) households, where the age of female (male) members were restricted to be above 67 years, participating in the 2015-2016 longitudinal survey carried out by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics. The lower age bound is based on the retirement age from the workforce, which is 67 years for males. NIS is the local Israeli currency, where 1 NIS roughly equals $0.25. Standard deviations are given in parentheses.
