Table 2: Mean Estimates of BMI by Measures of SES Within Race/Ethnicity Groups§.

White (n = 487) Hispanic (n = 479)
Measure of SES Mean 95% CI Mean 95% CI
Overall 29.1 (28.2, 30.0) 30.2 (29.5, 30.8)
Education level
High school graduate or lower 31.6 (29.9, 33.3)1
Didn't go to school; grade school (1 - 4 years) 29.8 (28.2, 31.5)
Grade school (5 - 8 years) 30.2 (29.1, 31.4)
Some high school (9 - 11 years) 30.7 (29.3, 32.1)
High school diploma or GED 29.7 (28.7, 30.8)
Vocational/training school; some college or associate degree 31.1 (29.7, 32.5) 31.1 (29.5, 32.6)
College graduate or higher 29.6 (28.0, 31.3)
College graduate or baccalaureate degree 27.1 (25.7, 28.5)
College or professional degree after college graduation 27.0 (24.5, 29.8)
Master's or doctoral degree 26.4 (25.0, 27.9)
Total family income (in the last year, before taxes; K= $1000 unit)
< $30K 32.1 (30.4, 33.8) 30.6 (29.6, 31.5)
$30K - < $50K 28.6 (26.8, 30.5) 30.0 (28.8, 31.2)
$50K - < $75K 28.6 (27.1, 30.2) 28.6 (26.7, 30.6)
$75K - < $100K 28.3 (26.7, 30.0) 29.2 (26.0, 32.7)
≥ $100K 26.5 (25.2, 27.9) 27.8 (23.3, 32.0)
Employment status
Other (not working, disabled, homemaker, raising children, caring of others, student, etc.) 30.7 (29.3, 32.1) 30.3 (29.6, 31.1)
Employed (full-time, part-time, self-employed) 28.2 (27.3, 29.2) 30.0 (29.2, 30.8)
MacArthur scale of subjective social status
Levels 1 (worst) - 2 33.5 (30.4, 37.0) 30.4 (29.1, 31.8)
Levels 3 - 4 31.2 (29.8, 32.7) 30.4 (29.3, 31.5)
Levels 5 - 6 28.2 (27.1, 29.4) 30.4 (29.3, 31.5)
Levels 7 - 10 (best) 26.9 (25.6, 28.3) 29.5 (28.2, 30.8)

§Restricted to baseline analytic dataset. Estimates are obtained by back-transforming least squares mean estimates from random - intercept linear mixed models; Adjusted for participant's age (continuous covariate); Adjusted for participant's age and acculturation (continuous and categorical covariates, respectively).