Table 1

Ordinary least square regression of obesity rates by local authority according to proportion of different social classes therein

Model	1			2			3
Variables	B	β	T-statistic	B	β	T-statistic	B	β	T-statistic
Elite	−0.117	−0.036	−0.551	−0.168	−0.052	−0.904
Established middle class	0.633	0.181	3.477***	0.606	0.173	3.571***
Technical middle class	−0.087	−0.024	−0.551	−0.096	−0.027	−0.621
New affluent workers	1.343	0.433	7.106***	1.399	0.452	7.664***
Traditional working class	0.622	0.182	3.968***	0.626	0.184	4.035***
Emergent service workers	0.014	0.004	0.084				−0.021	−0.006	−0.116
Precariat	0.235	0.066	1.507				1.170	0.329	6.087***
Constant	16.712		9.160***	17.313		13.048***	21.884		35.213***
Observations	320			320			320
Adjusted R²	0.50***			0.51***			0.11***

***p<0.001, **p<0.01, *p<0.05.
Model 1: all social classes; model 2: social classes more greatly based on inequality (elite, established middle class, technical middle class, new affluent workers, traditional working class); model 3: social classes more greatly based on insecurity (emergent service workers, precariat).