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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 14.
Published in final edited form as: Health Econ. 2019 Jun 4;28(8):955–970. doi: 10.1002/hec.3885

Table 7.

Probability of Likely Psychological Problem - Heterogeneous Effects by Parental Education

Panel A. State Unemployment Rates

(1) (2) (3) (4)

Probit: Likely Psychological Problem (0/1) based on SDQ Scale Probit: Likely Psychological Problem (0/1) based on Emotional Difficulty Score

Less than College Degree At least College Degree Less than College Degree At least College Degree

Marginal Effect 0.003** 0.003 0.0043*** 0.0018
(SE) (0.002) (0.002) (0.0014) (0.0015)
Mean, Dep. Var. 0.050 0.024 0.058 0.038
Relative Effect of 1.51 P.P. Fall in Unemployment Rate −9.1% −18.9% −11.2% −7.2%

Panel B. State Housing Price Index
Probit: Likely Psychological Problem (0/1) based on SDQ Scale Probit: Likely Psychological Problem (0/1) based on Emotional Difficulty Score

Less than College Degree At least College Degree Less than College Degree At least College Degree

Marginal Effect −0.020** −0.004 −0.023*** −0.013
(SE) (0.008) (0.007) (0.007) (0.009)
Mean, Dep. Var. 0.050 0.024 0.058 0.038
Relative Effect of 0.19 Point Rise in Housing Price Index −7.6% −3.2% −7.5% −6.5%

Sample size 65,563 28,564 76,581 33,686

Note: Robust standard errors clustered on the state. A fall in unemployment rate of 1.51 percentage points and a rise in HPI of 0.19 represent one standard deviation improvements in economic conditions. Covariates are described in Table 2.

*

p-value <.10

**

p-value<.05

***

p-value<.01.