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Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2021 Apr 1;58(2):655–684. doi: 10.1215/00703370-8958347

Table 6.

Logistic Regressions. Bill Paying Hardship (Odds Ratios) fur 2013

Full Sample Whites Blacks Asians Ilispanics
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 0.92 0.93 0.98 0.78 0.77 0.85 1.02 1.12 1.00 1.09 1.02 0.98 1.00 1.00 1.02
 Legal permanent status 0.88 0.79 * 0.69 ** 0.48 0.44 0.46 0.53 0.50 0.53 1.06 1.00 0.92 1.09 0.90 0.82
 Unauthorized status 094 0.80 * 0.67 ** 0.55 0.48 0.41 0.87 0.85 0.79 0.51 0.46 0.59 1.11 0.89 0.80
Race/Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white (omitted)
 Non-Hispanic black 2.74 *** 2.16 *** 1.70 ***
 Non-Hispanic Asian 0.60 ** 0.60 ** 0.61 **
 Non-Hispanic other race 2.60 *** 2.11 *** 1.62 ***
 Hispanic 2.26 *** 1.81 *** 1.32 ***
Household income-to-poverty ratio 0.81 *** 0.89 *** 0.80 *** 0.89 *** 0.83 *** 0.86 *** 0.92 * 0.96 0.78 *** 0.86 ***
English language (well/very well) 1.08 1.99 1.60 2.07 1.01
Age 1.00 0.99 ** 1.01 * 1.01 1.00
Education
 Less than high school (omitted)
 High school 0.82 ** 0.83 0.82 0.68 0.89
 Some college 0.90 0.91 1.09 0.37 0.90
 BA+ 0.57 *** 0.50 *** 0.88 0.60 0.66 *
Family structure
 Married couple family (omitted)
 Other family type 1.27 *** 1.36 ** 0.91 2.03 1.23
 Female-headed family 1.58 *** 1.78 *** 1.28 2.60 * 1.42 **
Labor force status
 Full-time employed (omitted)
 Unemployed 1.71 *** 1.97 *** 1.33 1.73 1.45
 Part-time employment 1.21 ** 1.21 * 1.03 1.47 1.40 *
 Out of labor force 0.72 *** 0.71 *** 0.56 *** 0.94 0.96
Household size 1.13 *** 1.13 *** 1.02 1.47 ** 1.17 ***
Children under 18 present 1.14 1.27 * 1.04 0.37 * 1.14
Person over 65 present 0.60 *** 0.56 *** 0.68 * 0.81 0.64 **
Disabled person present 2.18 *** 2.27 *** 1.93 *** 1.34 1.98 ***
Benefits
 TANF/general assistance/SSI/housing assistance 1.11 1.20 1.13 1.40 1.26
 Social Security 0.74 *** 0.68 *** 0.77 0.97 0.86
 Private health insurance 0.62 *** 0.54 *** 0.70 ** 0.45 * 0.91
 Medicare/Medicaid 1.01 1.18 0.90 0.51 0.98
In metro area 0.99 0.97 1.01 0.69 1.17
Region
 Northeast (omitted)
 West 0.80 ** 0.73 ** 0.53 ** 0.99 0.98
 Midwest 0.77 *** 0.67 *** 0.91 0.99 0.89
 South 0.76 *** 074 *** 0.75 * 1.26 0.77
N 29,685 29,685 29,685 19,906 19,906 19,906 4,340 4,340 4,340 1,029 1,029 1,029 3,686 3,686 3,686
***

p<.001

**

p<.01

*

p<.05