Table 2 presents ordered probit estimates of attractiveness by
race and sex. The dependent variable is the interviewer rating of
attractiveness on the 7-point scale, and the equations control for
indicators of skin color (medium and light or very light, with dark or
very dark the omitted category), whether the respondent is obese
or overweight (normal weight is the omitted category), height, indicators
for highest level of education (less than high school graduate
is the omitted category), and age and its square.5