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

Table 3.

The Impact of Public Mask Mandate by Symptom

Fever or Chills Cough Shortness of Breath Fatigue Muscle or Body Aches Headache
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Public Mask Mandate −0.0483*** −0.0196** −0.0310* −0.0770*** −0.0712*** −0.0430***
(0.0116) (0.0095) (0.0163) (0.0060) (0.0245) (0.0121)
Being M2ale −0.0236 −0.0009 −0.0100 −0.0103 0.0003 −0.0149
(0.0173) (0.0139) (0.0090) (0.0114) (0.0086) (0.0106)
Having Bachelor’s Degree −0.0100 −0.0039 −0.0281*** −0.0073 −0.0225** −0.0143*
(0.0140) (0.0092) (0.0091) (0.0064) (0.0089) (0.0077)
Being Non-white −0.0062 0.0271 0.0692*** −0.0209 0.0151 0.0283
(0.0288) (0.0223) (0.0163) (0.0135) (0.0113) (0.0207)
Living in Urban Areas −0.0071 −0.0189 0.0012 0.0095 −0.0013 0.0056
(0.0194) (0.0173) (0.0083) (0.0117) (0.0122) (0.0169)
Household Size 0.0050 0.0107** 0.0127*** 0.0007 0.0027 0.0094**
(0.0051) (0.0046) (0.0046) (0.0034) (0.0040) (0.0041)
Share of Children (<18) −0.0600 −0.0680** −0.0569 −0.0360 −0.0130 −0.0642*
(0.0464) (0.0294) (0.0364) (0.0305) (0.0353) (0.0371)
Age 18–29 0.0697*** 0.0292*** 0.0143 0.0420*** 0.0564*** 0.0525***
(0.0177) (0.0106) (0.0144) (0.0133) (0.0181) (0.0166)
Age 30–34 0.0411** 0.0347** 0.0283*** 0.0267*** 0.0382*** 0.0358***
(0.0161) (0.0147) (0.0092) (0.0068) (0.0109) (0.0121)
Age 45–59 0.0077 0.0002 0.0046 0.0075 0.0182** 0.0032
(0.0092) (0.0097) (0.0088) (0.0120) (0.0084) (0.0132)
Age 60+ (Omitted)
State & Week FE
Observations 16,580 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.