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. 2021 Aug 16;13:757–766. doi: 10.2147/CEOR.S326728

Table 2.

The Impact of Public Mask Mandate: Overall Symptoms

Number of Symptoms Log Number of Symptoms Any Symptoms Six or More Symptoms All Symptoms
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Public Mask Mandate −0.4342*** −0.1624*** −0.1052*** −0.0471*** −0.0029***
(0.0962) (0.0313) (0.0124) (0.0050) (0.0002)
Being Male −0.1628** −0.0576** −0.0260 −0.0033 −0.0001
(0.0644) (0.0254) (0.0208) (0.0059) (0.0005)
Having Bachelor’s Degree −0.1344** −0.0243 0.0102 −0.0239*** −0.0007
(0.0571) (0.0228) (0.0167) (0.0055) (0.0005)
Being Non-white 0.1070 0.0391 0.0261 0.0040 −0.0016
(0.0959) (0.0374) (0.0294) (0.0104) (0.0018)
Living in Urban Areas −0.0142 −0.0072 −0.0006 0.0058 0.0006**
(0.0758) (0.0271) (0.0173) (0.0061) (0.0002)
Household Size 0.0599* 0.0176** 0.0123** 0.0037 −0.0000
(0.0354) (0.0076) (0.0053) (0.0046) (0.0001)
Share of Children (<18) −0.3956 −0.1623** −0.1429** 0.0079 −0.0017**
(0.2721) (0.0822) (0.0583) (0.0337) (0.0009)
Age 18–29 0.4566*** 0.1763*** 0.1045*** 0.0283** −0.0001
(0.1035) (0.0340) (0.0195) (0.0125) (0.0004)
Age 30–34 0.3827*** 0.1203*** 0.0477*** 0.0308*** 0.0007
(0.0548) (0.0211) (0.0180) (0.0058) (0.0009)
Age 45–59 0.1159 0.0425 0.0240 0.0054 0.0004
(0.0737) (0.0275) (0.0178) (0.0058) (0.0005)
Age 60+ (Omitted)
State & Week FE
Observations 16,580 16,580 16,580 16,580 16,580

Notes: *p < 0.1, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01. Robust standard errors are clustered at the Statistical Area-by-Week level. Sampling weights are used since the unweighted estimates may be biased in the presence of endogenous sampling.

Abbreviation: FE, fixed effects.