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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 18.
Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2021 Apr 1;58(2):655–684. doi: 10.1215/00703370-8958347

Table 4.

Logistic Regressions. Bill Paying Hardship (Odds Ratios) for 2010

Full Sample Whites Blacks Asians Hispanics
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Nativity
 Native-born (omitted)
 Foreign-born citizen 0.70 *** 0.71 *** 0.79 ** 0.89 0.81 0.89 0.50 *** 0.56 ** 0.68 * 1.04 1.03 0.82 0.68 ** 0.66 ** 0.78
 Legal permanent status 1.15 0.98 0.87 1.37 1.21 0.90 0.97 0.96 1.04 1.62 1.38 1.17 1.12 0.91 0.86
 Unauthorized status 1.30 ** 1.10 0.91 0.78 0.71 0.46 ** 1.03 0.99 1.09 1.03 0.92 1.07 1.52 ** 1.23 1.08
Race/Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white (omitted)
 Non-Hispanic black 2.80 *** 2.11 *** 1.66 ***
 Non-Hispanic Asian 0.80 0.82 0.78
 Non-Hispanic other race 2.67 *** 2.20 *** 1.72 ***
 Hispanic 2.16 *** 1.62 *** 1.12
Household income-to-poverty ratio 0.73 *** 0.83 *** 0.72 *** 0.82 *** 0.78 *** 0.87 *** 0.74 *** 0.79 *** 0.77 *** 0.88 **
English language (well/very well) 1.01 1.25 1.65 0.70 0.91
Age 0.99 *** 0.99 *** 1.00 1.00 0.99 **
Education
 Less than high school (omitted)
 High school 1.10 0.95 1.20 1.79 1.20
 Some college 1.15 * 0.97 1.43 ** 2.86 * 1.18
 BA+ 0.71 *** 0.57 *** 1.25 1.29 0.74
Family structure
 Married couple family (omitted)
 Other family type 1.10 1.07 1.18 1.48 1.03
 Female-headed family 1.48 *** 1.58 *** 1.42 ** 1.03 1.44 **
Labor force status
 Full-time employed (omitted)
 Unemployed 1.46 *** 1.38 ** 1.60 ** 2.36 * 1.52 *
 Part-time employment 1.17 ** 1.07 1.37 * 0.87 1.36 *
 Out of labor force 0.74 *** 0.67 *** 1.01 0.31 ** 0.90
Household size 1.09 *** 1.10 ** 1.09 * 1.32 ** 1.06
Children under 18 present 1.04 1.06 1.00 0.94 1.08
Person over 65 present 0.68 *** 0.63 *** 0.81 1.25 0.67 **
Disabled person present 2.17 *** 2.56 *** 1.46 *** 1.33 1.82 ***
Benefits
 TANF/general assistance/SSI/housing assistance 1.05 1.05 1.09 1.60 1.01
 Social Security 0.65 *** 0.61 *** 0.58 *** 0.96 0.91
 Private health insurance 0.50 *** 0.42 *** 0.67 *** 0.56 0.69 **
 Medicare/Medicaid 1.01 1.01 1.14 1.31 1.01
In metro area 1.06 1.08 1.10 0.69 1.04
Region
 Northeast (omitted)
 West 1.18 ** 1.14 1.12 1.11 1.25
 Midwest 1.15 * 1.06 1.62 ** 1.56 1.01
 South 0.99 0.90 1.28 * 1.06 1.03
N 34,850 34,850 34,850 25,059 25,059 25,059 4,325 4,325 4,325 1,177 1,177 1,177 3,245 3,245 3,245
***

p<.001

**

p<.01

*

p<.05