Table 6.

Potential Alternative Mechanisms of Casino Transfers on BMI: Individual Fixed-Effects Panel Regression

Variables	BMI (1)	BMI (2)	BMI (3)	BMI (4)	BMI (5)	BMI (6)
Household eligible for casino disbursement	0.133	0.963*	3.298**	2.804***	4.902***	4.082***
	(0.717)	(0.553)	(1.376)	(0.904)	(1.498)	(1.580)
Interaction of casino × average household income	−0.173***	−0.166***	−0.188***	−0.204***	−0.206***	−0.199***
	(0.0551)	(0.0543)	(0.0513)	(0.0499)	(0.0497)	(0.0545)
Number of children in household less than six years old	−0.293*	−0.219	−0.218	−0.221	−0.218	−0.289*
	(0.152)	(0.144)	(0.145)	(0.145)	(0.145)	(0.152)
Interaction of casino × mother’s labor force participation	0.414					0.906
	(0.673)					(0.644)
Interaction of casino × mother has high school or more education		−0.484				−0.149
		(0.526)				(0.580)
Interaction of casino × child’s birthweight			−1.290**		−1.109*	−1.093
			(0.644)		(0.639)	(0.670)
Interaction of casino × child’s average weight prior to casino intervention				−0.0307**	−0.0284**	−0.0291**
				(0.0130)	(0.0130)	(0.0137)
Constant	20.95***	22.42***	22.41***	22.42***	22.39***	20.85***
	(1.558)	(1.124)	(1.113)	(1.115)	(1.112)	(1.557)
Observations	4,126	4,585	4,585	4,574	4,574	4,120
R2	0.319	0.321	0.322	0.322	0.323	0.322
Number of individuals	1,131	1,268	1,268	1,262	1,262	1,128

Notes Clustered standard errors at the individual level in parentheses. Included in all specifications but not reported are: age-by-race fixed effects and a Native American-specific time trend. Household income is a categorical variable where each bin is $5,000 in size. The lowest category, for instance, goes from 0 to $5,000. The second bin goes from $5,001 to $10,000, etc. Birth weight is coded in three categories: i) if birth weight is < 2,500 grams; ii) if birth weight is > 2,500 grams but less than 4,500 grams; iii) if birth weight is > 4,500 grams.

^***Significant at the 1 percent level.

^**Significant at the 5 percent level.

^*Significant at the 10 percent level.