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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2019 Nov 21;58(1):1–11. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2019.08.019

Table 2.

Adjusteda Difference-in-Difference (DID) Estimates Stratified by Marital Status and Dependent Children in the Household

Outcome All women
(n=58,365)
Married
(n=21,094)
Not married (n=37,271) Dependent children
(n=46,146)
No dependent children
(n=12,219)
DID estimate (95% CI) DID estimate (95% CI) DID estimate (95% CI) DID estimate (95% CI) DID estimate (95% CI)
Health insurance
 Has healthcare coverage 9.0 (2.9, 15.2) 11.9 (4.1, 19.7) 7.6 (2.2, 12.9) 7.6 (0.8, 14.4) 13.9 (8.7, 19.2)d
Access to health care
 Avoided seeking care due to cost −7.4 (−12.2, −2.6) −8.5 (−14.4, −2.6) −6.8 (−11.5, −2.2) −6.7 (−11.9, −1.5) −10.5 (−16.2, −4.8)d
Preventive health care
 Check-up in last year 5.1 (1.8, 8.4)c,d 6.2 (1.3, 11.2) 4.5 (1.3, 7.9) 4.6 (1.3, 7.9) 7.2 (2.5, 11.9)
 Ever had blood cholesterol checked 2.2 (−0.7, 5.1) −1.7 (−6.5, 3.1) 4.6 (1.3, 7.9) 0.8 (−3.0, 4.6) 6.8 (3.1, 10.4)d
 Last cholesterol check within a year 3.6 (−0.1, 7.2)c 2.1 (−3.1, 7.4) 4.4 (−0.2, 8.9) 3.4 (−0.1, 6.9) 4.5 (−3.8, 12.9)
Overall health
 Self-rated health good/very good/excellent 2.3 (0.3, 4.3)c 2.3 (−0.4, 5.0) 2.3 (−0.2, 4.8) 2.4 (−0.3, 5.0) 1.9 (−1.4, 5.2)
 Experienced physical health distress in past month −1.0 (−2.6, 0.5)c 0.7 (−1.7, 3.0) −2.0 (−4.2, 0.2) −1.8 (−3.7, 0.2) 1.7 (−0.1, 3.5)
 Experienced mental health distress in past month −1.1 (−3.0, 0.7) −1.3 (−4.2, 1.7) −1.0 (−3.0, 1.0) −1.2 (−3.3, 1.0) −1.4 (−5.0, 2.2)
Chronic disease
 Told high blood pressure −0.6 (−3.2, 1.9) −2.1 (−5.8, 1.7) 0.3 (−3.0, 3.5) −1.3 (−3.9, 1.4) 1.4 (−3.1, 5.9)
 Told high cholesterol −1.6 (−3.6, 0.5) −1.8 (−6.8, 3.2) −1.3 (−5.3, 2.7) −1.1 (−3.7, 1.4) −3.7 (−8.1, 0.7)
 Told diabetes −0.4 (−1.1, 0.3) −0.5 (−2.0, 0.9) −0.3 (−1.1, 0.6) −0.4 (−1.2, 0.4) −0.3 (−2.0, 1.3)
 Told prediabetes −0.3 (−2.7, 2.0) −2.3 (−5.3, 0.7) 0.7 (−2.0, 3.5) −0.9 (−3.7, 1.8) 1.8 (−1.6, 5.2)
 Currently taking blood pressure medicationb 7.9 (3.1, 12.8)d 9.0 (−0.2, 18.2) 8.7 (2.0, 15.3) 6.8 (0.4, 13.2) 10.6 (1.8, 19.3)
 Currently takes insulinb 11.4 (3.0, 19.7) 22.7 (2.5, 42.9) 5.9 (−7.6, 19.3) 8.9 (0.3, 17.5) 19.0 (−2.4, 40.4)
Health behaviors
 Smoking cessation attempt in last yearb 0.3 (−3.3, 3.9) −1.6 (−6.1, 2.8) 1.2 (−3.5, 5.9) 0.5 (−3.6, 4.5) −1.6 (−8.3, 5.2)
 Underweight/normal vs overweight/obese −0.3 (−1.9, 1.4)c 2.0 (−1.9, 5.9) −1.3 (−3.2, 0.7) −0.2 (−2.1, 1.7) −0.1 (−3.4, 3.2)
 Binge drinking −0.8 (−2.3, 0.6) −0.7 (−2.6, 1.2) −1.0 (−2.8, 0.8) −0.8 (−2.4, 0.7) −1.3 (−4.5, 2.0)
 Heavy drinking −1.0 (−1.8, −0.2) −0.8 (−1.8, 0.2) −1.1 (−2.2, 0.0) −0.8 (−1.5, 0.0) −2.1 (−4.3, 0.1)

Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05).

a

Models additionally adjusted for state, year, race, education, marital status, dependent children, age group, employment status, household size, income group, and state average unemployment rate.

b

This item was asked to only a subset of the sample (Appendix Tables 4 and 5).

c

Did not meet parallel trends assumption.

d

Reject null hypothesis after applying Holm-Bonferroni correction.