Table 2.
Effects of local economic context and local public services on satisfaction with financial situation among the young (standardized coefficients from multilevel ordered probit models).
| Model (1) | Model (2) | Model (3) | Model (4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree: easy to find job (individual) | 0.180*** | 0.181*** | ||
| (0.000) | (0.000) | |||
| Agree: easy to find job (city-year) | 0.150*** | 0.090*** | 0.143*** | 0.074** |
| (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.001) | |
| Agree: easy to find housing (indiv.) | 0.139*** | 0.137*** | ||
| (0.000) | (0.000) | |||
| Agree: easy to find housing (city-year) | 0.044 | −0.002 | 0.084*** | 0.035 |
| (0.109) | (0.954) | (0.000) | (0.090) | |
| Satisfaction with services (indiv.) | 0.196*** | 0.196*** | ||
| (0.000) | (0.000) | |||
| Satisfaction with services (city-year) | 0.156*** | 0.070*** | 0.059* | −0.015 |
| (0.000) | (0.001) | (0.012) | (0.533) | |
| Population | −0.023 | −0.020 | 0.018 | 0.020 |
| (0.260) | (0.343) | (0.228) | (0.190) | |
| GDP per capita | 0.045 | 0.057 | −0.018 | −0.004 |
| (0.112) | (0.052) | (0.562) | (0.906) | |
| Individual controls | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Year dummies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Country dummies | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Variance city-year level | 0.032 | 0.034 | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| N | 28,130 | 28,130 | 28,130 | 28,130 |
| Number of city-years | 205 | 205 | 205 | 205 |
| Log-likelihood | −31974.5 | −31256.2 | −31840.8 | −31123.2 |
| LR test | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.011 | 0.004 |
Standardized beta coefficients; p values in parentheses, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.