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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 18.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 Nov;41(11):1598–1606. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00741

EXHIBIT 4.

Effects of unemployment insurance (UI) and supplemental benefit receipt on material hardship and mental health among low-wage service workers with young children in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who were laid off and applied for UI, May 2020-November 2021

Race and ethnicity Income loss Severe income loss Unable to pay rent or mortgage Ran out of food Probable anxiety diagnosis Probable depression diagnosis
All (N = 534)
 UI −0.060 −0.145*** −0.084 −0.044 −0.165*** −0.099*
 Supplement −0.159**** −0.078** −0.092*** −0.065* 0.039 −0.002
BIPOC (n = 433)
 UI −0.075 −0.156** −0.100 −0.067 −0.134** −0.156**
 Supplement −0.164**** −0.087** −0.112*** −0.074* 0.027 0.040
White (n = 83)
 UI 0.058 −0.061 0.081 0.186 −0.195 0.321**
 Supplement −0.190* −0.014 −0.065 −0.104 0.037 −0.273**
Black (n = 290)
 UI −0.055 −0.112 −0.022 −0.004 −0.039 0.001
 Supplement −0.185*** −0.105** −0.148*** −0.104* −0.057 −0.064
Hispanic (n = 103)
 UI −0.175 −0.230* −0.217* −0.255** −0.331** −0.510****
 Supplement −0.123 −0.096 −0.077 −0.032 0.128 0.238**

source Authors’ analysis of panel from authors’ surveys of service workers in the city of Philadelphia, collected in four waves.

notes Each cell shows the regression coefficient from a separate regression. Complete regression results are in appendix 5 (see note 21 in text). Numbers reflect person-wave observations. “Supplement” refers to the extra Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation UI benefits that were available (either $300 or $600 per week, depending on the period). BIPOC is Black, Indigenous, and people of color. In our data, it refers to all respondents who identified as other than White non-Hispanic. We use it here for brevity of presentation.

*

p < 0.10

**

p < 0.05

***

p < 0. 01

****

p < 0. 001