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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 25.
Published in final edited form as: AJS. 2019 Mar;124(5):1372–1412. doi: 10.1086/702775

Table 3.

Multinomial logistic regressions of entry onto group-based income trajectories, taken from first-stage of multinomial treatment models of physical health (Model 1 of Table 4)

Lowest to very low Very low to low Lowest to middle Low to very low early Low to very low late Low Middle

Coef. p Coef. p Coef. p Coef. p Coef. p Coef. p Coef. p
-Black [ref = non Latino, non-Black] .99 * .04 .53 .57 .43 .13 −.19
-Latino [ref = non Latino, non-Black] −.08 −.20 .09 .00 −.23 −.05 −.24
Non-US native −2.55 * −.53 −1.01 * −1.45 * −.39 −.80 ** −.46
AFQT-R percentile, 1980 −.05 *** −.04 *** −.02 *** −.05 *** −.04 *** −.04 *** −.02 ***
Years of education, age 25 −.11 ** −.10 *** −.06 −.06 −.08 ** −.07 ** −.03
Occupation, age 25 [ref = skilled labor]
-Professional −1.62 −1.02 −1.20 * −40.2 *** −2.92 *** −1.05 *** −.61 **
-Sales −1.83 * −.54 −.34 −1.19 −.86 * −.43 −.34
-Service .45 .56 .87 .70 .85 * .95 ** .51
-Farm 1.42 1.30 .63 1.88 * .46 1.24 * .28
-Machine labor −.62 .49 .43 .27 .63 .57 .16
-Transportation −.73 .22 .21 −.03 .51 .81 * .73 *
-Unskilled labor −.19 .94 * 1.01 * −.07 .72 .73 * .38
-Military 1.57 * 2.88 *** 3.38 *** 1.05 .72 1.01 ** .55
-Student .60 .77 1.25 * .18 −.59 −.48 −.85 *
-Out of workforce 1.51 ** 2.29 *** 1.80 *** 1.42 ** 1.38 *** 1.21 *** .20
Health limits work [ref = no limits] 1.65 ** .67 .55 .80 .73 .08 −.24
Number of residential children, age 25a −.18 .16 .19 −.23 .08 .06 .06
-Married, age 25 [ref = never married] −2.06 *** −1.09 *** −1.89 *** −.98 * −1.39 *** −.85 *** −.26
-Divorced or widowed [ref=never married] −.09 .12 .19 .88 .28 .15 .09
Mother not HS grad .57 .63 ** .35 .84 * .54 ** .86 *** .37 *
Below poverty line 2.24 *** 1.77 *** 1.08 *** 1.31 *** 1.00 *** .50 * −.07
Did not live with both parents .95 ** .53 * .33 .67 * .67 ** .61 *** .34 *
County-level unemployment −2.06 −1.51 −5.72 * −3.60 −1.75 −3.81 * −2.16
% union workers in state, age 25 1.70 −4.27 ** 1.12 .82 −3.38 ** −3.90 *** −1.33
Lives in rural area, age 25 −.01 .60 * .58 .20 .81 ** .67 ** .38 *
Constant −1.30 .24 −.18 −.77 1.05 2.73 *** 2.79 ***

Note: Reference category is steady highest income.

*

p<.05,

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001, two tailed hypothesis tests.