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. 2023 Apr 24;22:101412. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101412

Table 3.

Log odds of reporting heights that differ by 5 cm or more across waves.

Australia
United States
United Kingdom
European countries
Austria
Germany
Sweden
Spain
Italy
France
Denmark
Switzer-land
Belgium
Israel
Czechia
Luxem-bourg
Slovenia
Estonia
HILDA PSID BHPS SHAREa
Sex
Male (reference) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Female 0.02 0.12 −0.11 0.18*** 0.02 0.04 −0.04 0.27*** 0.24*** 0.37** 0.08 0.17 0.38*** 0.1 −0.06 0.34 0.41*** 0.01



Age group
20–29 0.37*** 0.25 0.75***
30–39 0.11 0.15 0.19
40–49 0.1 −0.04 0.12
50–59 0.11 0.11 0.11 −0.03 0.40** −0.07 −0.28 −0.1 −0.13 −0.16 −0.22 −0.44 −0.16 0.45*** 0.04 −0.77** 0.03 0.18
60-69 (reference) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
70–79 0.01 0.49** 0.51*** 0.18*** 0.11 0.35* 0.36 0.25*** 0.08 0.16 0.23 −0.32 0.37** −0.05 0.11 −0.1 0.51*** 0.30**
80+ 0.34** 1.32** 1.10*** 0.75*** 0.64*** 1.37*** 1.25*** 0.68*** 0.34*** 0.86*** 1.22*** 0.26 1.17*** 0.13 0.67*** 0.65** 1.08*** 0.98***



Education level
Low (reference) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Medium −0.31*** −0.61*** −0.61*** −0.52*** −0.54*** −0.32 −0.46*** −0.33*** −0.67*** −0.09 −0.68*** −0.50*** −0.26* −0.34*** −0.49* −0.61*** −0.49***
High −0.89*** −1.19*** −1.24*** −0.57*** −1.07*** −0.46** −0.60*** −0.43** −1.25*** −0.44* −0.72** −0.71*** −1.04*** −1.04*** −0.81** −1.50*** −1.20***
Missing 0.49 0.16 −0.45 −1.50** 0.68 0.39 0.21 −1.01 −0.1



Response
Only centimetres (reference) 0.68*
Only feet inches −0.40*** (reference) (reference)
Combination 1.15*** 1.39*** 1.13***



Constant −1.93*** −2.44*** −2.34*** −1.99*** −1.94*** −2.69*** −3.25*** −0.93*** −1.36*** −2.78*** −3.09*** −2.30*** −2.88*** −0.88*** −1.66*** −2.29*** −1.72*** −1.94***



Number of 11,865 5,938 11,997 45,683 3,010 4,262 3,432 4,537 3,568 3,076 3,291 2,539 4,190 1,550 4,312 1,090 2,318 4,453
observations

Note: *p < 0.10; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01.

a

This model controls for country (country coefficients not shown).

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