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. 2018 Aug 29;13(8):e0201215. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201215

Table 2. Who experienced income and work hour changes, and/or job loss during the Great Recession? Differences relative to uneducated men aged between 45 and 50 and living in London.

(1) (2) (3)
From 2006/7 to 2009/10
VARIABLES Change in log
household income
Unemployment Work hours
Pre-recession demographic characteristics T-1
Age -0.009** -0.011** -0.586**
(0.003) (0.001) (0.048)
Age-Squared/1000 0.055* 0.068** 5.080**
(0.026) (0.010) (0.439)
Female 0.011 -0.037** 0.836**
(0.016) (0.006) (0.296)
Excluded dummy: No qualifications
Degree 0.045* -0.086** -0.126
(0.023) (0.010) (0.461)
Other higher degree -0.002 -0.082** -0.732
(0.028) (0.010) (0.546)
A-levels etc. 0.010 -0.057** -0.643
(0.026) (0.010) (0.455)
O-levels etc. -0.030 -0.036** -0.712
(0.023) (0.009) (0.399)
Other qualification 0.005 0.021 -2.408**
(0.039) (0.020) (0.844)
Missing Education 0.133 -0.003 -1.684
(0.110) (0.030) (1.352)
Excluded regional dummy: London
The North -0.097* 0.005 -0.605
(0.044) (0.017) (0.753)
Midlands and the East -0.166** 0.005 -0.335
(0.045) (0.017) (0.782)
The South -0.155** -0.030 0.474
(0.043) (0.016) (0.758)
Wales -0.112** 0.002 -0.640
(0.043) (0.016) (0.745)
Scotland -0.066 -0.005 -0.573
(0.044) (0.016) (0.746)
Northern Ireland -0.183** -0.020 -0.338
(0.044) (0.016) (0.757)
Region missing -0.272* -0.017 -6.725
(0.134) (0.082) (4.075)
Constant 0.598** 0.498** 14.388**
(0.083) (0.033) (1.431)
Adjusted R-Squared .014 .082 .030
Observations 8661 8661 8661

Robust standard errors in parentheses

** p<0.01,

* p<0.05,

† p<0.1