Table III.
Effects of ADHD on adult employment status: baseline results
| Outcome | Employed | Employed | Employed | Employed | Employed | Employed | Employed | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | Full | Males | Females | White people | Black people | Hispanic people | Rich | Poor |
| Fixed effects | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| Ever diagnosed with ADHD | −0.100*** (0.018) |
−0.100*** (0.025) |
−0.110*** (0.032) |
−0.094*** (0.022) |
−0.141** (0.062) |
−0.169** (0.075) |
−0.045* (0.027) |
−0.131*** (0.031) |
| Age | −0.029*** (0.006) |
−0.017** (0.007) |
−0.040*** (0.008) |
−0.029*** (0.009) |
−0.043*** (0.011) |
−0.010 (0.012) |
−0.016 (0.012) |
−0.032*** (0.007) |
| Female | −0.087*** (0.011) |
−0.134*** (0.013) |
0.015 (0.017) |
−0.089*** (0.019) |
−0.100*** (0.014) |
−0.086*** (0.014) |
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| Maternal education | 0.006*** (0.002) |
0.002 (0.002) |
0.011*** (0.003) |
0.008** (0.003) |
0.012*** (0.004) |
0.003 (0.003) |
−0.007* (0.004) |
0.008*** (0.003) |
| Family income During high school | 0.000 (0.000) |
0.000 (0.000) |
−0.000 (0.000) |
0.000 (0.000) |
−0.000 (0.000) |
−0.000 (0.000) |
−0.000 (0.000) |
0.002*** (0.000) |
| Parents married During high school | 0.029*** (0.009) |
0.053*** (0.015) |
0.009 (0.012) |
0.020 (0.014) |
0.029 (0.019) |
0.059*** (0.022) |
0.008 (0.022) |
0.017 (0.012) |
| Hispanic | 0.043*** (0.012) |
0.017 (0.016) |
0.068*** (0.016) |
0.007 (0.025) |
0.074*** (0.020) |
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| Black | −0.006 (0.011) |
−0.084*** (0.018) |
0.055*** (0.014) |
−0.013 (0.022) |
0.021 (0.014) |
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| Test score During high school | 0.029*** (0.006) |
0.016** (0.008) |
0.039*** (0.007) |
0.020** (0.008) |
0.034*** (0.011) |
0.045*** (0.011) |
0.016 (0.011) |
0.030*** (0.007) |
| Rural status During high school | −0.020* (0.011) |
−0.006 (0.013) |
−0.031** (0.014) |
−0.019 (0.013) |
0.014 (0.019) |
−0.093*** (0.034) |
0.001 (0.015) |
−0.019 (0.016) |
| Missing family information | −0.003 (0.009) |
−0.016 (0.011) |
0.008 (0.013) |
−0.001 (0.014) |
−0.023 (0.017) |
0.005 (0.019) |
−0.040 (0.030) |
0.016 (0.020) |
| Constant | 1.424*** (0.162) |
1.176*** (0.192) |
1.576*** (0.228) |
1.451*** (0.249) |
1.661*** (0.294) |
1.017*** (0.339) |
1.313*** (0.324) |
1.437*** (0.181) |
| Observations | 12,515 | 5,823 | 6,692 | 6,950 | 2,865 | 1,891 | 3,707 | 5,896 |
| R-squared | 0.031 | 0.033 | 0.028 | 0.041 | 0.039 | 0.042 | 0.026 | 0.040 |
Robust standard errors in parentheses, clustered at school.
***
p<0.01,
**
p<0.05,
*
p<0.1.
Additional controls: wave 1 grade level fixed effects.