Estimating the Impact of Medication on Diabetics' Diet and Lifestyle Choices

Category_______________________

Variable Name____________

Definition and units

Mean

Std. Err.

Dependent Variables

Fiber

Grams of fiber

0.008

0.000

Sugar

Teaspoons of added sugar

0.009

0.000

Total Fat

Percent of calories from fat

0.331

0.003

Starch

startch servings

0.966

0.010

Vegetables

Vegetable servings

0.300

0.009

Fruit

Fruit servings

0.585

0.024

Milk

Dairly servings

0.394

0.012

Meat

Meat servings

1.206

0.014

Cigarettes

Average cigarette intake

3.124

0.228

Alcohol

Average alcoholic beverages when drinking
Ratio of waist circumference (in centimeters) to
gender specific overweight classification (88cm for

1.979

0.064

Waist

women, 102 cm for men)

Physical activity coefficient-Ranges form 1 if

0.992

0.004

Physical Activity______________

sedentary to 1.45(1.48 for men) if very active

1.323

0.010

Explanatory Variables for behaviors

PIR

Poverty Index Ratio

3.325

0.069

Homeowner

1 if living in household owned home; zero otherwise

1 if individual did not complete high school; zero

0.719

0.016

Less than high school

otherwise

1 if individual went to school beyond high school;

0.129

0.009

More than high school

zero otherwise

0.633

0.017

Single

1 if unmarried; zero otherwise

0.319

0.015

Age

Age in years

43.960

0.453

Female

1 if female; zero otherwise

0.473

0.007

Black, Non-Hispanic

1 if black, non-Hispanic; 0 otherwise

0.075

0.009

Hispanic

1 if Hispanic; 0 otherwise

0.112

0.018

Other Ethnicity

1 if other ethnicity; 0 otherwise

1 if Spanish is the primary language spoken at home;

0.035

0.006

Spanish

zero otherwise

1 if neither English or Spanish are the primary

0.044

0.009

Other language

languages spoken at home; zero otherwise

0.035

0.005

Diabetic_____________________

1 if diabetic; zero otherwise

0.048

0.003

Treatment Variable__________________

Medication_________________

1 if taking insulin or blood sugar pills; zero otherwise

0.038

0.003

Explanatory variables for treatment

Insurance

1 if individual has health insurance; zero otherwise

0.854

0.010

Relative with diabetes

1 if relative with diabetes; zero otherwise

1 if individual was diagnosed with diabetes before 19

0.495

0.011

Proxy for type 1______________

yrs; zero otherwise

0.004

0.0008