Table 8.

Factors associated with social distancing more—previously not

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)
Income
Second quintile	0.07	0.09	0.06	0.03	0.08	0.04	0.05
	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.06)
Third quintile	0.12∗	0.15∗∗	0.11∗	0.07	0.13∗∗	0.07	0.08
	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.06)
Fourth quintile	0.10∗	0.14∗∗	0.10	0.06	0.14∗∗	0.09∗	0.10
	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.05)	(0.06)
Fifth quintile	0.16∗∗	0.24∗∗∗	0.16∗∗	0.11∗	0.20∗∗∗	0.13∗∗	0.15∗∗
	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.06)	(0.07)
Socio-demographics
Black		− 0.03					0.01
		(0.06)					(0.06)
Other		− 0.03					− 0.10
		(0.08)					(0.07)
Male		− 0.19∗∗∗					− 0.14∗∗∗
		(0.04)					(0.04)
Florida		− 0.12∗∗					− 0.14∗∗∗
		(0.05)					(0.05)
New York		− 0.05					− 0.02
		(0.05)					(0.04)
Texas		− 0.15∗∗∗					− 0.13∗∗∗
		(0.05)					(0.05)
56 or older		0.08∗∗					0.06
		(0.04)					(0.04)
Health
Diabetes			0.02				0.06
			(0.05)				(0.05)
High blood pressure			0.00				− 0.02
			(0.04)				(0.04)
Heart disease			− 0.22∗∗				− 0.19∗∗
			(0.10)				(0.09)
Asthma			0.02				− 0.00
			(0.05)				(0.05)
Allergies			0.05				0.02
			(0.04)				(0.04)
Other condition			0.09				0.03
			(0.06)				(0.06)
Housing
Semi-urban/residential				0.04			0.01
				(0.04)			(0.04)
Countryside				− 0.00			− 0.05
				(0.06)			(0.06)
No access to open air				− 0.16∗∗∗			− 0.09∗
				(0.06)			(0.05)
Work arrangements-losses
Stopped working					0.16∗∗∗		0.07
					(0.06)		(0.06)
Began tele-working					0.15∗∗		0.11∗
					(0.06)		(0.06)
Not observed working					0.24∗∗∗		0.12∗∗
					(0.06)		(0.06)
Other					0.20∗∗		0.08
					(0.09)		(0.08)
Flag extreme lost income					0.04		0.08
					(0.06)		(0.05)
Lost HH Inc./$1000 Orig					− 0.00		− 0.00
					(0.00)		(0.00)
Lost HH Inc./$1000 Adj.					0.04∗∗∗		0.03∗∗
					(0.01)		(0.01)
Beliefs-perceptions
Slightly effective						0.12	0.07
						(0.13)	(0.15)
Moderately effective						0.08	0.03
						(0.12)	(0.14)
Very effective						0.29∗∗	0.24∗
						(0.12)	(0.14)
Extremely effective						0.36∗∗∗	0.27∗
						(0.12)	(0.14)
Infected in area						− 0.24∗∗∗	− 0.21∗∗∗
						(0.07)	(0.08)
More free time						− 0.00	0.01
						(0.03)	(0.03)
More family time						0.07∗∗	0.10∗∗∗
						(0.03)	(0.04)
Less pollution						0.16∗∗∗	0.14∗∗∗
						(0.04)	(0.04)
Less noise						0.04	0.03
						(0.04)	(0.04)
Other						0.24∗∗∗	0.20∗∗
						(0.09)	(0.09)
Observations	781	781	781	781	781	781	781
R 2	0.009	0.067	0.020	0.022	0.053	0.132	0.202

This table presents estimates from regressions of whether a increased social distancing behaviors after the pandemic started and various individual characteristics. Column (1) only considers income. Column (2) adds socio-demographics to income. Column (3) adds pre-existing health conditions to income. Column (4) adds housing characteristics to income. Column (5) adds work arrangement and losses to income. Column (6) adds beliefs and perceptions about the pandemic to income. Column (7) includes all of these controls in a single specification

Heteroskedastic robust standard errors in parentheses

^∗p < 0.1, ^∗∗p < 0.05, ^∗∗∗p < 0.01