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. 2014 Sep 13;123(3):625–660. doi: 10.1007/s11205-014-0753-0

Table 11.

Regression of experienced scales on demographic and socioeconomic status variables

ELSA Gallup HWB12
Troubled/fatigue Positive Troubled Positive Fatigue Troubled Positive Fatigue
Male −0.166*** (0.0511) −0.0536 (0.0539) 0.0857* (0.0497) 0.0157 (0.0550) −0.000920 (0.0509) −0.142** (0.0551) −0.0469 (0.0566) 0.0222 (0.0501)
With partner −0.0248 (0.0603) 0.0706 (0.0626) 0.0581 (0.0566) −0.140** (0.0628) −0.0458 (0.0581) 0.0235 (0.0629) 0.139** (0.0659) −0.166*** (0.0598)
Other −0.0499 (0.144) 0.0261 (0.153) −0.0425 (0.134) 0.130 (0.158) −0.0525 (0.142) −0.175 (0.132) −0.141 (0.185) 0.0384 (0.140)
Black −0.171 (0.105) 0.219** (0.0898) 0.201** (0.0827) −0.176* (0.0987) 0.197** (0.0862) −0.153 (0.120) −0.0865 (0.106) −0.0873 (0.105)
Hispanic 0.0704 (0.0927) 0.318*** (0.0866) −0.376*** (0.106) −0.250** (0.0995) 0.0727 (0.0994) 0.112 (0.100) 0.133 (0.0934) 0.221** (0.111)
No HS −0.0590 (0.196) −0.242 (0.184) 0.134 (0.197) 0.277 (0.193) −0.110 (0.160) −0.379** (0.165) −0.282* (0.163) 0.480** (0.193)
HS degree −0.143 (0.0875) −0.0870 (0.0931) 0.0197 (0.0871) 0.273*** (0.0933) −0.118 (0.0912) −0.407*** (0.0942) −0.264*** (0.0973) 0.159* (0.0897)
Some college −0.0229 (0.0679) 0.0941 (0.0752) 0.0379 (0.0648) 0.105 (0.0744) −0.0713 (0.0676) −0.227*** (0.0819) −0.188** (0.0809) 0.102 (0.0716)
Bachelor −0.0933 (0.0651) 0.0506 (0.0720) −0.0138 (0.0698) 0.0449 (0.0790) −0.0267 (0.0731) −0.125 (0.0828) −0.0440 (0.0806) −0.0593 (0.0741)
<$25,000$ 0.0956 (0.0974) −0.0297 (0.104) −0.0936 (0.0998) 0.165 (0.115) −0.252** (0.100) 0.156 (0.105) 0.0799 (0.113) −0.0642 (0.101)
$25,000–$49,999 0.00674 (0.0767) −0.00399 (0.0799) 0.0145 (0.0767) −0.0194 (0.0837) −0.262*** (0.0791) 0.101 (0.0814) 0.0491 (0.0909) −0.0853 (0.0797)
$50,000–$74,999 0.0210 (0.0674) −0.0421 (0.0737) −0.0457 (0.0732) 0.125 (0.0832) −0.157** (0.0720) 0.0443 (0.0786) 0.0698 (0.0817) −0.0416 (0.0737)
$75,000–$100,000 −0.00352 (0.0784) 0.0149 (0.0822) −0.00880 (0.0754) −0.0384 (0.0870) −0.0969 (0.0816) −0.0275 (0.0879) 0.130 (0.0915) −0.0476 (0.0765)
Age <25 0.295* (0.176) −0.154 (0.202) −0.500*** (0.190) −0.0891 (0.217) −0.155 (0.229) 0.0147 (0.188) −0.265 (0.208) 0.166 (0.201)
Age 25–35 0.305*** (0.0978) 0.0244 (0.116) −0.180* (0.0989) 0.186* (0.101) −0.101 (0.0979) 0.280** (0.120) −0.185 (0.123) 0.310*** (0.105)
Age 35–45 0.216** (0.0997) −0.0839 (0.121) −0.234** (0.0965) 0.186* (0.103) 0.00833 (0.0959) 0.236** (0.112) −0.260** (0.123) 0.0214 (0.100)
Age 45–55 0.307*** (0.0922) −0.113 (0.111) −0.0960 (0.0890) 0.208** (0.0960) −0.108 (0.0887) 0.215** (0.105) −0.395*** (0.110) 0.0106 (0.0932)
Age 55–65 0.177** (0.0739) 0.0636 (0.0986) −0.163** (0.0754) 0.138* (0.0833) −0.00543 (0.0806) 0.0615 (0.0898) −0.178* (0.1000) 0.102 (0.0808)
Unemployed −0.0624 (0.127) −0.0494 (0.123) −0.210 (0.131) 0.202 (0.152) −0.0793 (0.119) 0.219 (0.141) −0.0966 (0.126) 0.171 (0.120)
Retired −0.186** (0.0737) 0.248** (0.1000) 0.188** (0.0766) 0.0372 (0.0861) −0.0907 (0.0839) −0.233** (0.0954) 0.0123 (0.101) 0.105 (0.0836)
Disabled 0.264 (0.172) −0.0649 (0.131) −0.196 (0.151) −0.0228 (0.137) −0.370*** (0.130) 0.0720 (0.157) −0.0919 (0.141) 0.715*** (0.151)
Other work −0.0482 (0.0831) 0.119 (0.0799) 0.00621 (0.0714) −0.0871 (0.0750) −0.00191 (0.0713) 0.00677 (0.0772) 0.0753 (0.0868) 0.00651 (0.0856)
Self-reported health 0.239*** (0.0302) −0.200*** (0.0340) −0.148*** (0.0310) 0.183*** (0.0314) −0.280*** (0.0305) 0.167*** (0.0341) −0.182*** (0.0338) 0.167*** (0.0341)
Children in HH 0.0651 (0.0551) 0.0670 (0.0571) −0.00575 (0.0546) 0.0851 (0.0582) 0.00544 (0.0538) 0.0643 (0.0585) 0.0779 (0.0601) −0.0228 (0.0535)
Constant −0.709*** (0.116) 0.349*** (0.131) 0.486*** (0.119) −0.659*** (0.129) 1.079*** (0.116) −0.404*** (0.135) 0.643*** (0.147) −0.566*** (0.132)
Observations 1,678 1,678 1,683 1,683 1,683 1,596 1,596 1,596
R2 0.115 0.077 0.077 0.067 0.128 0.081 0.073 0.119
p value race 0.30 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.13 0.17 0.30 0.17
p value education 0.35 0.07 0.90 0.04 0.71 0.00 0.02 0.01
p value income 0.86 0.96 0.75 0.08 0.02 0.42 0.71 0.89
p value age 0.02 0.15 0.03 0.25 0.47 0.07 0.01 0.01
p value work status 0.04 0.06 0.02 0.39 0.05 0.03 0.72 0.00

Estimation method is OLS; standard errors are clustered at the individual level. The p values mentioned in the last rows refer to a test of joint significance of the indicator variables for the categories race, education, income, age, and work status