Table 4.
Test of mediator identification: Second stage estimations of the instrumental variable estimation of mediator and outcome equations.
| (1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd Stage: Living conditions (mediator) | 2nd Stage: Soc.-econ. Status (mediator) | 2nd Stage: Physical Health (mediator) | 2nd Stage: Lifestyles (mediator) | 2nd Stage: CES-D (outcome) | |
| HH receives CSG | −0.025 (0.035) |
0.091** (0.042) |
0.062* (0.032) |
−0.415*** (0.113) |
0.710*** (0.213) |
| Living conditions | 0.647*** (0.184) |
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| Soc.-econ. status | −0.101 (0.133) |
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| Physical health | 1.020*** (0.139) |
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| Lifestyles | −0.182*** (0.042) |
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| Economic decision maker | −0.051** (0.023) |
0.011 (0.026) |
0.014 (0.024) |
−0.117 (0.096) |
−0.275* (0.150) |
| Male | 0.166*** (0.018) |
−0.137*** (0.023) |
0.269*** (0.019) |
1.233*** (0.087) |
0.154 (0.129) |
| Age | 0.005 (0.004) |
−0.000 (0.004) |
−0.036*** (0.004) |
0.038*** (0.011) |
−0.039* (0.021) |
| Age Squared | −0.000 (0.000) |
0.000 (0.000) |
0.000*** (0.000) |
−0.000*** (0.000) |
0.001** (0.000) |
| Under 19 years of age | −0.005 (0.035) |
0.059 (0.038) |
−0.135*** (0.026) |
−0.321*** (0.114) |
0.533*** (0.189) |
| HH receives Old Age Pension | −0.015 (0.029) |
0.004 (0.032) |
0.017 (0.026) |
−0.095 (0.087) |
−0.028 (0.180) |
| HH receives Disability Grant | −0.019 (0.039) |
0.042 (0.044) |
−0.144*** (0.039) |
−0.104 (0.095) |
−0.242 (0.230) |
| HH receives Foster Care Grant | 0.066 (0.078) |
0.083 (0.057) |
0.063 (0.041) |
0.017 (0.150) |
0.219 (0.327) |
| HH receives Care Dependency Grant | −0.078 (0.091) |
0.073 (0.141) |
−0.053 (0.078) |
−0.759*** (0.189) |
0.335 (0.645) |
| Number of HH members | 0.017** (0.007) |
0.030*** (0.007) |
0.012** (0.005) |
−0.044*** (0.016) |
−0.014 (0.036) |
| Constant | 2.424*** (0.114) |
3.566*** (0.114) |
1.710*** (0.089) |
0.550* (0.282) |
19.656*** (0.862) |
| Province and region at baseline | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Year | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
| Observations | 4,535 | 4,535 | 4,535 | 4,535 | 4,535 |
| R-squared | 0.355 | 0.129 | 0.436 | 0.152 | 0.095 |
Clustered standard errors in parentheses; ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0. We present the second stage estimation of the instrumental variable estimation. The instrumented variable is HH receives CSG which is instrumented by HH with an eligible child.