Table 3.
SES differences in COVID-19 testing.
|
Dependent Variable: |
Tested for COVID-19 |
COVID-19 positive, if tested = 1 |
Reported COVID-19 symptoms |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| Low-SES | 0.009 | 0.006 | 0.042 | 0.045 | −0.001 | −0.006 |
| (0.019) | (0.026) | (0.034) | (0.041) | (0.018) | (0.025) | |
| Low-SES Contact at Work | 0.014 | 0.019 | 0.100** | 0.097** | 0.061* | 0.068** |
| (0.039) | (0.038) | (0.034) | (0.033) | (0.029) | (0.031) | |
| Contact at Work | 0.657*** | 0.653*** | 0.122*** | 0.113*** | 0.542*** | 0.543*** |
| (0.017) | (0.015) | (0.016) | (0.015) | (0.017) | (0.020) | |
| Workplace ZIP code FEs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Demographic controls | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Restricted sample to tested workers | Yes | Yes | ||||
| R2 | 0.393 | 0.429 | 0.051 | 0.193 | 0.308 | 0.351 |
| # Clusters | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| # Observations | 4,250 | 4,250 | 1,587 | 1,587 | 4,250 | 4,250 |
| Mean Dependent Var. | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.32 | 0.32 |
Notes: This table reports the results of the OLS regression of a binary variable equal to 1 if and only if the person is tested (columns 1 and 2), or if and only if the person is tested and positive (columns 3 and 4), or if and only if the person reported COVID-19 symptoms (columns 5 and 6). In columns 3 and 4, the sample is restricted to nurses who were tested. Nurses are partitioned into three categories: Low-, Mid- or High-SES. The omitted reference group is Mid/High-SES nurses. “Contact at Work” is a binary variable equal to 1 if and only if the person was in contact with an infected person at work (patient or coworker). “Demographic controls” are indicator variables for age, sex, and ZIP code of residency. Observations are clustered at the workplace ZIP code level. ***, **, * denote significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% level.