Table 3.
Model Selection and Final Regression of Subjective Outcomes on Candidate Index Components
| Variable | Flourishing | Psychological Distress | Economic Worry | Social Anxiety | Life Satisfaction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economic | |||||
| Food Secure |
0.168* (0.098) |
-0.166* (0.084) |
-0.228** (0.087) |
-0.177** (0.082) |
0.171* (0.094) |
| Education | |||||
| Attended Preschool | POST |
-0.102** (0.045) |
POST | LASSO | LASSO |
| Graduated High School On Time |
0.274*** (0.074) |
-0.224** (0.086) |
-0.357*** (0.080) |
-0.171** (0.079) |
0.273*** (0.063) |
| Math Proficiency | POST | LASSO |
-0.121** (0.058) |
-0.118* (0.067) |
LASSO |
| Reading Proficiency |
0.163*** (0.050) |
-0.067 (0.046) |
POST | POST | LASSO |
| Health | |||||
| Non-Low Birthweight |
0.123*** (0.055) |
LASSO |
-0.096* (0.053) |
LASSO | LASSO |
| Non-Obese | LASSO | POST |
-0.084* (0.046) |
LASSO | LASSO |
| Not in Fair/Poor General Health | LASSO | POST | LASSO |
-0.136 (0.110) |
LASSO |
| Health Behaviors | |||||
| Didn’t Smoke Regularly in Adolescence |
0.236*** (0.069) |
-0.224*** (0.065) |
-0.267*** (0.055) |
POST |
0.104* (0.053) |
| Didn’t Try Marijuana in Adolescence | POST |
-0.130** (0.061) |
POST | POST |
0.192*** (0.047) |
| Never Pregnant | LASSO | LASSO | LASSO | POST | LASSO |
| Family, Peers, Community | |||||
| Never Arrested | POST | LASSO | LASSO | POST |
0.141* (0.079) |
| R2 | 0.057 | 0.049 | 0.075 | 0.039 | 0.082 |
Standard errors shown in parentheses. * (**)[***] = p-value is less than 0.10 (0.05) [0.01]. Models also control for average age during TAS responses, sex, and race/ethnicity. See Supplementary Material—Model Selection Methodology for more detail on the model-selection process. LASSO = Covariate Removed by Adaptive Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator procedure. POST = Covariate removed post-LASSO (p-value > 0.25 and/or sign is in opposite direction that is intended). Results for the index using individual and contextual components can be found in post-LASSO column of Appendix Table 10.