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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 27.
Published in final edited form as: B E J Econom Anal Policy. 2010 Jan 1;10(1):art27. doi: 10.2202/1935-1682.2259

Table 6.

Effect of job stress on smoking decisions (binary) of recent smokers

(1)
OLS
(2)
FE
(3)
OLS
(4)
FE
High stress 0.0230**
(0.00952)
0.0454***
(0.0137)
0.0273**
(0.0108)
0.0441***
(0.0156)
Age 0.0226
(0.0197)
0.0606**
(0.0294)
0.0217
(0.0239)
0.0461
(0.0341)
Age squared −0.000209
(0.000171)
−0.000388*
(0.000222)
−0.000205
(0.000208)
−0.000361
(0.000265)
Black −0.0270**
(0.0116)
-
-
−0.0277**
(0.0128)
-
-
Other race −0.0378
(0.0260)
-
-
−0.0731**
(0.0319)
-
-
Male −0.0160*
(0.00957)
-
-
−0.0272**
(0.0109)
-
-
Married 0.0169
(0.0275)
−0.0537
(0.0693)
0.0163
(0.0296)
-0.00462
(0.0939)
Partnered 0.0388
(0.0324)
−0.0433
(0.0690)
0.0321
(0.0364)
0.0265
(0.0932)
No spouse 0.0231
(0.0279)
0.00350
(0.0654)
0.0122
(0.0300)
0.0537
(0.0890)
Household income −5.15e-05
(0.000763)
0.000598
(0.00125)
−0.00108
(0.00141)
0.00129
(0.00196)
Years of education −0.00487***
(0.00181)
-
-
−0.00469**
(0.00214)
-
-
Managerial 0.00496
(0.0186)
−0.0207
(0.0469)
0.0129
(0.0217)
0.0463
(0.0538)
Administrative 0.0113
(0.0182)
0.0189
(0.0506)
0.0102
(0.0201)
0.0997*
(0.0563)
Sales 0.00576
(0.0195)
−0.0502
(0.0499)
0.0170
(0.0231)
0.0131
(0.0570)
Mechanical 0.00651
(0.0198)
−0.0598
(0.0515)
0.00545
(0.0231)
0.0386
(0.0672)
Service 0.0119
(0.0184)
0.0119
(0.0516)
0.0149
(0.0208)
0.0755
(0.0547)
Operator 0.0387**
(0.0184)
−0.0178
(0.0495)
0.0407**
(0.0207)
0.0522
(0.0545)
Farm 0.0142
(0.0300)
−0.114
(0.0750)
0.0418
(0.0401)
−0.145
(0.113)
Year 1994 −0.155***
(0.0102)
−0.183***
(0.0281)
−0.133***
(0.0213)
−0.107***
(0.0388)
Year 1996 −0.0961***
(0.0108)
−0.223***
(0.0552)
−0.0831***
(0.0217)
−0.121*
(0.0677)
Year 1998 −0.119***
(0.0133)
−0.283***
(0.0815)
−0.0957***
(0.0223)
−0.144
(0.0961)
Year 2000 −0.133***
(0.0174)
−0.350***
(0.109)
−0.104***
(0.0247)
−0.172
(0.129)
Year 2002 −0.125***
(0.0216)
−0.393***
(0.139)
−0.118***
(0.0260)
−0.215
(0.163)
Year 2004 −0.152***
(0.0282)
−0.462***
(0.165)
−0.111***
(0.0332)
−0.221
(0.198)
Fair/poor health 0.0112
(0.0131)
−0.00244
(0.0191)
Number of health conditions −0.0236***
(0.00482)
−0.0819***
(0.0146)
Job tenure −0.000116
(0.000426)
−0.00110
(0.00104)
Pressure to retire 0.00283
(0.00831)
0.00998
(0.00982)
Preference to younger workers 0.00484
(0.00725)
0.00569
(0.00853)
Planning – next year −0.0228
(0.0198)
−0.0280
(0.0300)
Planning – next few years 0.000173
(0.0107)
0.0142
(0.0227)
Planning – next 5 to 10 years −0.0326***
(0.0125)
−0.0287
(0.0230)
Planning – longer than 10 years −0.0346
(0.0226)
−0.0332
(0.0343)
Planning missing −0.0265
(0.0195)
−0.0459
(0.0281)
Constant 0.426
(0.566)
−1.068
(1.068)
0.489
(0.682)
−0.424
(1.231)

Observations 5,742 5,742 4,326 4,326
Number of persons 1,551 1,551 1,330 1,330
R-squared 0.053 0.110 0.063 0.129

Robust standard errors in parentheses;

***

p<0.01,

**

p<0.05,

*

p<0.1