Table 1: Summary Statistics
|
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 |
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 |
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