TABLE 2—
Ordinary Least Squares and Logistic Individual Random-Effects Models of the Probability of Reporting Poor Health in Time t Conditional on State Unemployment Benefit Generosity at t-1: US Men, 1985–2008
| OLS Random Effects, b (95% CI) |
Logistic Random Effects, OR (95% CI) |
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| Variables | Main Effects | Interactions | Main Effects | Interactions |
| Joblessness in t-1 | 0.0819*** (0.0644, 0.0995) | 0.0794*** (0.0623, 0.0965) | 2.911*** (2.419, 3.504) | 2.790*** (2.305, 3.378) |
| Natural log real total max benefit in t-1 | -0.00668 (-0.0322, 0.0189) | -0.0014 (-0.0268, 0.0240) | 0.907 (0.509, 1.617) | 0.977 (0.547, 1.746) |
| Working age state unemployment rate in t-1 | -0.00222* (-0.00425, -0.000195) | −0.00218* (-0.00414, -0.000216) | 0.947* (0.907, 0.989) | 0.951* (0.910, 0.993) |
| Joblessness × natural log real total max benefit in t-1 | -0.124*** (-0.197, -0.0520) | 0.379* (0.168, 0.852) | ||
| Working age unemployment rate in t-1 × natural log real total max benefit in t-1 | 0.00361 (-0.00202, 0.00924) | 1.059 (0.925, 1.212) | ||
| Poor health in t-2 | 0.232*** (0.214, 0.249) | 0.232*** (0.214, 0.250) | 4.766*** (4.053, 5.605) | 4.773*** (4.058, 5.613) |
| Natural log real family income in t-2 | -0.0426*** (-0.0478, -0.0374) | -0.0427*** (-0.0479, -0.0375) | 0.434*** (0.396, 0.475) | 0.433*** (0.396, 0.474) |
| Age | 0.00492*** (0.00452, 0.00531) | 0.00492*** (0.00452, 0.00532) | 1.084*** (1.077, 1.091) | 1.084*** (1.077, 1.092) |
| State fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Year fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Observations | 52 892 | 52 892 | 52 892 | 52 892 |
| Number of respondents | 9408 | 9349 | 9349 | 9349 |
Note. CI = confidence interval; OLS = ordinary least squares; OR = odds ratio. Data are from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics23 and the US Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration. Robust confidence intervals in parentheses; standard errors clustered at state–year level.
*P < .05; ***P < .001.