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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2009 May 13;69(1):76–84. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.04.001

Table 3.

Effects of Poor Child Health on Parents’ Social Interactions, Alternative Model Specifications

Participation in Any Organization (ME) Number of Organizations (OLS coefficient) Regular Religious Attendance (ME) Visiting Relatives With Child (ME)
Mothers
Severe Child Health Condition .05 −.02 .09 .04
Severe Child Health Condition or VLBW .02 −.02 .05 .02
Moderate or Severe Child Health Condition .03 .06 .01 .02
Fathers
Severe Child Health Condition .10 .14 −.09 .02
Severe Child Health Condition or VLBW .06 .04 −.08 −.04
Moderate or Severe Child Health Condition .05 .09 .03 −.02

Notes: Each of the 24 models includes the same set of covariates as in Table 2 (except that baseline religious attendance is included only in the models for regular religious attendance). ME = marginal effect (from probit model); OLS = Ordinary Least Squares; VLBW = very low birth weight (< 1500 g). No coefficients are statistically significant at conventional levels.