TABLE 3—
Ordinary Least Squares and Logistic Individual Fixed-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 Fixed Effects, b (95% CI) |
Logistic Fixed Effects, OR (95% CI) |
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| Variables | Main Effects | Interactions | Main Effects | Interactions |
| Joblessness in t-1 | 0.0632*** (0.0462, 0.0802) | 0.0618*** (0.0450, 0.0785) | 2.028*** (1.641, 2.507) | 1.985*** (1.599, 2.464) |
| Natural log real total max benefit in t-1 | -0.0109 (-0.0386, 0.0168) | -0.00806 (-0.0355, 0.0194) | 0.754 (0.388, 1.465) | 0.777 (0.399, 1.513) |
| Working age state unemployment rate in t-1 | -0.00148 (-0.00339, 0.000424) | -0.00145 (-0.00329, 0.000396) | 0.967 (0.923, 1.013) | 0.635 (0.265, 1.523) |
| Joblessness × natural log real total max benefit in t-1 | -0.0751* (-0.148, -0.00232) | 0.97 (0.925, 1.016) | ||
| Working age unemployment rate in t-1 × natural log real total max benefit in t-1 | 0.00404 (-0.00118, 0.00927) | 1.033 (0.903, 1.182) | ||
| Poor health in t-2 | 0.0344*** (0.0139, 0.0549) | 0.0344*** (0.0139, 0.0549) | 0.965 (0.863, 1.079) | 0.965 (0.863, 1.079) |
| Natural log real family income in t-2 | -0.00961*** (-0.0151, -0.00412) | -0.00972*** (-0.0152, -0.00424) | 0.964 (0.850, 1.093) | 0.962 (0.848, 1.092) |
| Age | -0.00412 (-0.0101, 0.00182) | -0.00407 (-0.0100, 0.00187) | 0.916 (0.794, 1.057) | 0.917 (0.795, 1.057) |
| State fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Year fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Observations | 52 892 | 52 892 | 52 892 | 12 173 |
| Number of respondents | 9408 | 9349 | 9349 | 1586 |
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.