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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 27.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Health Care Finance Econ. 2011 Jan 7;11(1):35–54. doi: 10.1007/s10754-010-9087-x

Table 5.

Health Knowledge

Knowledge about Person’s Own Diabetes History Understanding Diabetes Care Processes

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Educational attainment 0.14*** (0.015) 0.14*** (0.015) 0.10*** (0.016) 0.17*** (0.044) 0.14*** (0.045) 0.12** (0.048)
Poor child health −0.15 (0.19) −0.056 (0.19) 1.06* (0.55) −0.74 (0.55)
Low child SES 0.18* (0.096) 0.17* (0.094) 0.86*** (0.27) 0.80*** (0.27)
Cognition 0.023** (0.009) −0.018 (0.025)
Time preference: patient 0.18* (0.095) 0.20 (0.27)
High risk tolerance 0.70 (0.58) 0.058 (1.59)
High self-control 0.25** (0.11) 0.28 (0.30)
High self-confidence 0.48*** (0.089) 1.70*** (0.25)
Household income 0.013* (0.008) −0.014 (0.022)
No health insurance −0.27 (0.23) 1.57** (0.67)
Years since first diagnosis of diabetes 0.028*** (0.009) 0.10*** (0.026)
Years since first diagnosis of diabetes² 0.000** (0.000) 0.001*** (0.001)
R2 0.09 0.10 0.14 0.03 0.05 0.10

  Observations 1,895 1.523

Also includes covariates for age, male gender, Black, Hispanic, other race, and marital status not shown.

*

p<0.1;

**

p<0.05;

***

p<0.01