TABLE 3.
Regression Results
| Poisson | Negative Binomial | |
|---|---|---|
| DV: Number of COVID‐19 Infections | ||
| Mean social distance of individuals in state (minutes per day) | 0.993*** | 0.998*** |
| (0.000862) | (0.000527) | |
| Percentage of males | 1.260e+29*** | 2.40e‐06*** |
| (6.923e+29) | (7.79e‐06) | |
| Percentage of African Americans | 7,360*** | 4.619** |
| (1,373) | (3.553) | |
| Percentage of Latino/Latina/Latinx | 1.557 | 0.475*** |
| (0.603) | (0.0502) | |
| Percentage of state with bachelors degree or higher | 433,810*** | 21.21*** |
| (263,799) | (10.12) | |
| Percentage of labor force self‐employed | 0.00386*** | 106.6*** |
| (0.00342) | (108.8) | |
| Percentage of Individuals with home access to Internet | 0.139** | 5.350* |
| (0.140) | (5.240) | |
| Percentage of residents living inside MSA | 29.17*** | 3.339*** |
| (2.957) | (0.428) | |
| Median age of residents | 0.897*** | 0.894*** |
| (0.0193) | (0.0168) | |
| Population of state (100,000) | 1.008*** | 1.007*** |
| (0.000136) | (0.000284) | |
| Median Income of state ($10,000) | 0.824*** | 1.059*** |
| (0.0188) | (0.0139) | |
| Percentage of labor force in accommodations | 19.23 | 247,371*** |
| (103.2) | (352,222) | |
| Percentage of labor force in healthcare | 1.076e+24*** | 7.335e+12*** |
| (3.028e+24) | (3.400e+13) | |
| Percentage of labor force in retail | 1.651e+14*** | 2,739*** |
| (3.893e+14) | (6,450) | |
| Overdispersion test: Ho: φ = 0 | 13,176*** | |
| Observations | 1,145 | 1,145 |
| Number of date | 24 | 24 |
| AIC | 257,224.4 | 11,439.41 |
Robust standard errors in parentheses.
***
p < 0.01;
**
p < 0.05;
*
p < 0.1.