Table 1 Adjusted¹ odds ratios of correlates of obesity among the employed

	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
	18 to 64		18 to 34		35 to 54		55 to 64
	adjusted odds ratio
Age
18 to 34 (ref.)	1.00	1.00	.	.	.	.	.	.
35 to 54	1.22^*	1.42^*	.	.	.	.	.	.
55 to 64	1.23^*	1.42^*	.	.	.	.	.	.
Personal income
Bottom quarter	0.78^*	1.45^*	1.00	2.69^*	0.71^*	1.42^*	0.66^*	1.15
Second quarter	0.91	1.37^*	1.10	2.60^*	0.84^*	1.33^*	0.91	0.97
Third quarter	1.07	1.29^*	1.24^*	2.03^*	0.99	1.28^*	1.12	1.03
Top quarter (ref.)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Education
Less than high school	1.38^*	1.35^*	0.98	1.02	1.60^*	1.56^*	1.42^*	1.31
High school graduate	1.15^*	1.05	1.07	1.03	1.18^*	1.04	1.22	1.30
Some postsecondary	1.22^*	1.34^*	1.01	1.19	1.33^*	1.59^*	1.45	1.13
Postsecondary graduate (ref.)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Marital status
Married (ref.)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Never married	0.74^*	1.11	0.58^*	0.82^*	0.99	1.48^*	0.91	1.56^*
Previously married	0.82^*	1.29^*	0.66	1.15	0.85	1.33^*	0.87	1.31^*
1. Adjusted for student status, self-perceived health, chronic condition. * significantly different from the reference group (ref.) at the 0.05 level Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2005, cycle 3.1.

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