Table 4.

Heterogeneity in Changes in Insurance Coverage After Divorce: Subgroup Interactions with Divorced Status

	Any Insurance	Private Insurance	Public Insurance
Insurance Status at Baseline
Job-Based, Own Job	−.035**	−.052***	.017
Job-Based, Husband's Job	−.136***	−.194***	.058***
Other Private	−.167***	−.249***	.082**
Public	−.129**	.004	−.133**
Uninsured	.160***	.087**	.073**
Education at Baseline
Less Than High School	−.041	−.132***	.091**
High School Grad	−.049*	−.083***	.035**
Some College	−.068***	−.092***	.023*
College Grad	−.004	−.015	.010
Employment Status at Baseline
Full-Time	−.014	−.026*	.012
Part-Time	−.076*	−.141***	.065**
Not Employed	−.110***	−.168***	.059**
Job Tenure at Baseline
More Than 6 Months	−.016	−.033*	.018*
Less Than 6 Months	−.067*	−.110***	.042*
Not Employed	−.109***	−.168***	.059**
Race
NH White	−.060***	−.082***	.023**
Non-White or Hispanic	−.001	−.056**	.056**
Poverty Status at Baseline
Poor (<100% FPLa)	−.042	−.062*	.020
Near-Poor (100–200% FPL)	−.061*	−.128***	.067**
Moderate-Income (200–300% FPL)	−.071**	−.110***	.039**
Higher Income (>300% FPL)	−.032*	−.050***	.019*
Age at Divorce
26 – 34 Years	−.053**	−.083***	.029*
35 – 49 Years	−.029*	−.063***	.034**
50 – 64 Years	−.082**	−.107***	.024
Self-Reported Health Before Divorceb
Poor or Fair	−.029	−.113**	.085*
Good, Very Good or Excellent	−.054***	−.074***	.020*
Any Children at Time of Divorce
At Least One Child	−.061***	−.090***	.029**
No Children	−.029	−.062***	.033**

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. Only coefficients for divorced status interacted with subgroups of interest are shown. Covariates not shown include those in Table 3 models, including year and region fixed-effects.

^aFederal Poverty Line.

^bSelf-reported health status is measured at earliest available timepoint in the sample prior to divorce or censoring.

^*p<.05;

^**p<.01;

^***p<.001 (two-tailed tests)