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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2012 Nov 12;53(4):413–431. doi: 10.1177/0022146512465758

Table 3.

Changes in Insurance Coverage After Divorce: Evidence from Fixed-Effects Models

Any Insurance
Private Insurance
Public Insurance
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6
Divorced −.063*** −.046*** −.091*** −.076*** .028*** .031***
Covariates
 Separated −.008 −.035* .026**
 Full-Time Work .017 .042** −.024**
 Job Tenure > 6 Months .079*** .091*** −.012
 Disabled .068* .009 .059*
 Age .003 −.002 .004
 Any Children .058** .024 .033*
 Income-to-Poverty Ratio
  Poor (<100% FPLa) −.113*** −.149*** .035*
  Near-Poor (100–200% FPL) −.072*** −.065*** −.007
  Moderate-Income (200–300% FPL) −.023* −.013 −.009*
  Higher Income (>300% FPL) --- --- ---
Constant .855*** .617*** .781*** .715*** .074*** −.106
N (persons) 1,410 1,410 1,410 1,410 1,410 1,410
N (person-months) 45,209 45,209 45,209 45,209 45,209 45,209

Notes: Sample includes person-months from women who divorce in 1996, 2001, and 2004 SIPP. Results based on weighted LPM models with robust standard errors. Coefficients for survey year and region fixed-effects in Models 2, 4, and 6 not shown.

a

Federal Poverty Line.

*

p<.05;

**

p<.01;

***

p<.001 (two-tailed tests)