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Table 22: SUR Regressions of Husband’s Characteristics on Wife’s Characteristics.
Obese couples.
Husband’s BMI Husband’s Log Wage
A. Index’s coefficients on
Wife’s Education
−0.324**
(0.150)
0.045***
(0.016)
Wife’s BMI 0.086*
(0.050)
Husband’s Age −0.007
(0.037)
−0.021***
(0.004)
0.017***
(0.003)
R 2 0.23 0.33
Sample size 525
B. MRS = ratio of coefficients
Wife’s Education
Wife’s BMI
−3.78
−2.20**
(3.06)
(0.99)
Equality of ratios test Chi 2 (1) = 0.27
(p-value = 0.6026)
Note: We consider obese couples, BMI ≥30. Wife’s age is in the range [20, 50]. Standard
errors are reported in parentheses. Bootstrapped standard errors (1,000 replications based on
263 clusters in household head id) are reported in parentheses. All regressions include state
and year fixed effects.
*** p-value < 0.01, ** p-value < 0.05, * p-value < 0.1
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