Table 1.
Regression Results of the First Stage of Instrumental Variables Analysis
| Ages 2–17 | Ages 2–5 | Ages 6–17 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Coverage | Other Coverage | Public Coverage | Other Coverage | Public Coverage | Other Coverage | |
| SCHIP available ≥12 months | 0.023 (0.021) | 0.000 (0.021) | −0.011 (0.039) | −0.006 (0.039) | 0.033 (0.022) | 0.009 (0.021) |
| SCHIP available 1–11 months | 0.002 (0.014) | −0.002 (0.015) | −0.033 (0.027) | −0.023 (0.029) | 0.013 (0.015) | 0.009 (0.017) |
| Waiting periods | −0.007**(0.002) | 0.004*(0.002) | −0.007*(0.004) | 0.005 (0.003) | −0.008**(0.002) | 0.004+ (0.002) |
| Lower eligibility limit | 0.000**(0.000) | 0.000** (0.000) | 0.000+ (0.000) | 0.000 (0.000) | 0.000** (0.000) | 0.000** (0.000) |
| Any Food Stamp recipient | 0.409** (0.010) | −0.227** (0.009) | 0.388** (0.015) | −0.198** (0.015) | 0.418** (0.012) | −0.241** (0.011) |
| Insurance offer from employer | −0.168** (0.007) | 0.402** (0.007) | −0.213** (0.014) | 0.409** (0.013) | −0.150** (0.008) | 0.401** (0.008) |
| Sample size | 21,239 | 21,295 | 6,089 | 6,109 | 15,150 | 15,186 |
| R2 | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.39 | 0.29 | 0.35 |
Notes: Public coverage indicates health coverage from SCHIP, Medicaid, or other state and government programs. Other coverage indicates health insurance other than the public categories. The main source of other coverage is mainly private insurance.
Regressions control for age, gender, race/ethnicity, U.S. born or not, family size, general health status, highest education level of parents, family income above $20,000 or not, county annual unemployment rate, county and time fixed effects. Results are adjusted for the survey weights and survey design.
Robust standard errors in parentheses
+
Significant at 10%
*
Significant at 5%
**
Significant at 1%