Table 3.

Estimated probabilities of labor-force status, EI⁺ samples of Union veterans

Status and variable value	Model 1	Model 2
Estimated probability
Unemployed 1880
“Crippled” in 1880		.085
No pension	.022
$8 monthly pension	.038
$18 monthly pension	.072
$24 monthly pension	.104
$36 monthly pension	.204
$72 monthly pension	.734
Unemployed 1870, employed 1880
“Crippled” in 1880		.037
No pension	.029
$8 monthly pension	.034
$18 monthly pension	.041
$24 monthly pension	.046
N	17,794

Estimates from weighted multinomial logistic regression, controlling for marital status, race, and age (see Table 2). Cell entries are predicted probabilities of a veteran’s appearance in each unemployment type

⁺Early Indicators of Later Work Levels, Disease, and Death project; University of Chicago Center for Population Economics