Table 2.
Effect of CSG on mental health: Pooled OLS and Fixed Effect estimation
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled OLS without covariates |
Pooled OLS with covariates |
FE without covariates |
FE with covariates |
|
| Household CSG | 0.325*** | 0.405*** | 0.449*** | 0.536*** |
| (0.087) | (0.091) | (0.119) | (0.126) | |
| Male | 0.346*** | |||
| (0.051) | ||||
| Age | −0.076*** | 0.136* | ||
| (0.009) | (0.080) | |||
| Age Squared | 0.001*** | 0.001 | ||
| (0.000) | (0.000) | |||
| Age under 19 | 0.513*** | 0.385** | ||
| (0.097) | (0.169) | |||
| Economic decision maker | −0.143** | 0.037 | ||
| (0.061) | (0.082) | |||
| Household Size | 0.048** | 0.045 | ||
| (0.022) | (0.038) | |||
| Negative Event | −0.215** | −0.048 | ||
| (0.094) | (0.116) | |||
| Neighbourhood Theft | −0.036 | 0.034 | ||
| (0.030) | (0.035) | |||
| Attrition | −0.194** | 0.014 | ||
| (0.098) | (0.132) | |||
| Constant | 18.778*** | 21.323*** | 18.759*** | 12.149*** |
| (0.122) | (0.324) | (0.131) | (3.031) | |
| Year | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Other Government Programmes | No | YES | No | YES |
| Child Age Dummy | No | YES | No | YES |
| Province | No | YES | No | YES |
| Region | No | YES | No | YES |
| Observations | 28,773 | 28,773 | 28,773 | 28,773 |
| Individuals | 10,925 | 10,925 | ||
| R-squared | 0.016 | 0.066 | 0.020 | 0.025 |
The outcome variable is CES-D (0–30) the measure for depression; PSU clustered standard errors are in parenthesis; *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1