Table 2.

OLS regression analyses of the relative emphasis on deservingness criteria (unstandardized regression coefficients, N = 1760)

	Control		Need		Reciprocity
	Model 1a	Model 1b	Model 2a	Model 2b	Model 3a	Model 3b
Intercept	−0.044	−0.598***	−0.124	−0.592***	−0.194	−0.936***
Woman	0.026	0.061	0.130**	0.150***	0.066	0.108**
Age (ref <31 years)
31–45	−0.023	−0.034	0.009	0.012	−0.021	−0.015
46–64	0.109	0.105	−0.132**	−0.139*	−0.027	0.027
>64	0.462***	0.398***	0.063	0.021	0.298***	0.217**
Educational level (ref = high)
Low	0.316***	0.272***	0.049	0.032	0.059	0.012
Middle	0.055	0.030	−0.060	−0.067	0.046	0.020
Work status (ref = unemployed)
Employed	−0.197*	−0.273***	0.061	0.030	0.171	0.098
Other	−0.259**	−0.336***	−0.007	−0.046	−0.030	−0.104
Income level (ref = high)
Low	−0.005	0.030	0.199**	0.220***	−0.012	0.010
Low middle	0.050	0.083	0.326***	0.335***	0.088	0.116*
High middle	0.000	0.009	0.011	0.007	−0.016	−0.004
Personal experience disability benefit	−0.166**	−0.155**	−0.201***	−0.191***	−0.161**	−0.158**
Housemates experience disability benefit	0.130	0.120	−0.324***	−0.329***	−0.097	−0.093
Political stance (left–right)		0.055***		0.009		0.060***
Work ethic		0.090***		0.098***		0.131***
Religious denomination (ref. Catholic)
No religion		0.058		0.162***		0.046
Protestant		−0.047		0.147**		−0.084
Other		−0.298***		−0.034		−0.078
R 2	0.055	0.081	0.042	0.054	0.019	0.048
F change	7.838***	9.674***	5.892***	4.500***	2.599***	10.585***

Source Welfare opinions survey in the Netherlands 2006 (own calculations)

*** P < .01; ** P < .05; * P < .10; ref = reference group