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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: Health Econ. 2013 Feb 21;23(2):159–181. doi: 10.1002/hec.2907

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)
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)
Black −0.006
(0.011)
−0.084***
(0.018)
0.055***
(0.014)
−0.013
(0.022)
0.021
(0.014)
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.