Slender women and overweight men: gender differences in the educational gradient in body weight in South Korea

Table 4 Coefficients from multinomial logit regression models for weight perception among women (N = 10,838) and men (N = 7109), 2008–2012

Characteristic	Women				Men
Characteristic	Model1^a Perceived Under weight	Perceived Over weight	Model2^a Perceived Under weight	Perceived Over weight	Model 1^aPerceived Under weight	Perceived Over weight	Model2^a Perceived Under weight	Perceived Over weight
Educational attainment (middle school or less)^b
High school	−0.42**	0.45**	−0.49**	−0.02	−0.18	0.13	−0.03	0.10
College and above	−0.40**	0.38**	−0.44**	−0.17	−0.23	0.34*	0.11	0.41
BMI category (normal)
Underweight	3.31**	−17.0	3.21**	−19.65	4.0**	1.52	3.06**	2.35
Overweight	−1.50**	2.87**	−1.59**	2.33**	−3.02**	2.84**	−2.42**	2.93**
Obesity	−0.58	4.91**	−0.72	4.14**	−2.07**	5.82 **	−2.06**	5.35**
Interaction
High school*Underweight			0.23	0.62			15.65	0.44
High school*Overweight			0.21	0.55**			−1.08**	−0.04
High school*Obesity			−11.41	1.98**			0.05	0.55
College/above*Underweight			0.05	0.57			1.03	−14.51
College/above*Overweight			−0.21	0.94**			−0.73*	−0.15
College/above*Obesity			−11.7	1.65*			−0.15	0.88
Constant	−3.08**	0.11	−3.02**	0.60**	0.30	−2.2**	0.16	−2.22**

p-value ** < 0.01; * < 0.05. Age and survey year are controlled for in all models.
^aPeople who considered themselves to be ‘average’ are a reference outcome.
^bOmitted categories are shown in parentheses

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