TABLE 4—
Estimated Effects of Individual- and County-Level Characteristics on Probability of Fair or Poor Health Status, by Race: Current Population Survey Respondents Aged 25 to 74 Years
| White Sample | Black Sample | |||
| Explanatory Variable | Base Model | Base Model + Region Fixed Effects | Base Model | Base Model + Region Fixed Effects |
| Age | 0.005*** (38.15) | 0.005*** (38.44) | 0.008*** (18.68) | 0.007*** (18.61) |
| Household income per capita | −0.002*** (10.17) | −0.002*** (10.17) | −0.005*** (7.99) | −0.005*** (7.90) |
| Hispanic | 0.011** (2.18) | 0.011** (2.23) | 0.010 (0.41) | −0.0004 (0.02) |
| Female | 0.003 (1.21) | 0.003 (1.14) | −0.014 (1.41) | −0.013 (1.44) |
| Married | −0.054*** (11.56) | −0.054*** (11.67) | −0.082*** (5.79) | −0.077*** (5.65) |
| Divorced, separated, or widowed | −0.012** (2.43) | −0.012** (2.42) | −0.010 (0.80) | −0.005 (0.41) |
| Any health insurance coverage | 0.007 (1.56) | 0.007 (1.55) | 0.042*** (3.91) | 0.041*** (3.93) |
| Less than high school education | 0.062*** (13.14) | 0.062*** (13.40) | 0.071*** (5.34) | 0.072*** (5.48) |
| Some college education | −0.016*** (4.19) | −0.015*** (3.98) | −0.035*** (3.25) | −0.039*** (3.58) |
| College degree or higher | −0.042*** (12.33) | −0.042*** (12.32) | −0.074*** (5.04) | −0.078*** (5.45) |
| Proportion Black in county | 0.047** (2.24) | 0.034 (1.58) | −0.049* (1.91) | 0.029 (0.96) |
| Mean county income | −0.0004*** (2.45) | −0.0004** (2.50) | 0.0008 (1.62) | 0.001*** (2.81) |
| χ2 test of joint significance of region effects (P) | 10.05 (.26) | 35.86 (<.00001) | ||
Note. Values reported are results derived from the following multivariate probit model equation (see text): dProb(Y)/dX (absolute values of t are in parentheses). Both model specifications also included indicator variables for year of interview.
*P < .10; **P < .05; ***P < .01.