Table 5.

GLS regression of anger symptoms on debt status, economic hardship, socioeconomic status, and controls. Miami Disability Study (n=1,463); slope coefficients and t-statistics.

	(1)	(2)	(3)
Debtor (0,1)	0.703**	0.653**	0.911***
	(2.88)	(2.72)	(3.36)
Economic hardship	1.375***	0.906***	1.228***
	(5.33)	(3.45)	(3.57)
Sense of mastery		−1.155***	−1.156***
		(−7.73)	(−7.74)
Social support, family		−0.027	−0.021
		(−0.15)	(−0.11)
Social support, friend		0.090	0.089
		(0.60)	(0.59)
Debtor x economic hardship			−0.597
			(−1.35)
Household income, ln($)	0.001	0.052	0.053
	(0.01)	(0.56)	(0.57)
Assets, ln($)	−0.032	0.033	0.025
	(−0.38)	(0.40)	(0.31)
Owns home (0,1)	1.882	0.458	0.404
	(0.79)	(0.21)	(0.19)
Value of home, ln($)	−0.163	−0.050	−0.046
	(−0.98)	(−0.33)	(−0.30)
Education	−0.036	−0.025	−0.024
	(−1.18)	(−0.82)	(−0.79)
Unemployed (vs. employed)	1.376	1.175	1.179
	(1.19)	(1.06)	(1.07)
Retired (vs. employed)	−0.146	−0.178	−0.162
	(−0.44)	(−0.56)	(−0.51)
Out of labor force (vs. employed)	0.769	0.586	0.589
	(1.96)	(1.51)	(1.52)
Age	−0.007	−0.016	−0.016
	(−0.71)	(−1.62)	(−1.63)
Female (0,1)	0.015	0.017	0.037
	(0.07)	(0.07)	(0.16)
African American (vs. white)	−1.288***	−1.137***	−1.163***
	(−4.08)	(−3.61)	(−3.69)
Hispanic (vs. white)	−0.168	−0.289	−0.310
	(−0.56)	(−0.97)	(−1.04)
Married (0,1)	0.077	−0.014	−0.001
	(0.30)	(−0.05)	(−0.01)
Children in household (0,1)	0.627*	0.599*	0.603*
	(2.45)	(2.38)	(2.39)
Physically disabled (0,1)	−0.216	−0.313	−0.290
	(−0.76)	(−1.12)	(−1.04)
Has health insurance (0,1)	0.584	0.564	0.539
	(1.62)	(1.61)	(1.54)
Health problems up to age 25	0.188	0.234	0.220
	(0.59)	(0.77)	(0.73)
Depressive symptoms, ~4 years prior	0.272***	0.255***	0.254***
	(8.51)	(7.87)	(7.80)
Intercept	2.802	6.715	6.648
R-squared	0.165	0.203	0.204

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01

^***p<0.001 (two-tail test).