Table 2.

Fixed and Random Effect Estimates from Poisson Mixed Models of Adult Chronic Disease Index, PSID, 1999–2013

	Model1		Model2		Model3		Model4		Model5
	Coef.	S.E	Coef.	S.E	Coef.	S.E	Coef.	S.E	Coef.	S.E
Fixed effects
Intercept	−0.564**	0.131	−3.811**	0.566	−3.829**	0.511	−3.260**	0.554	2.406	2.687
Age	0.056**	0.000	0.056**	0.000	0.058**	0.000	0.062**	0.000	0.062**	0.000
Age squared	0.000**	0.000	0.000**	0.000	0.000**	0.000	0.000**	0.000	0.000**	0.000
Female	0.129**	0.002	0.129**	0.002	0.087**	0.002	0.037**	0.002	0.037**	0.002
Blacks	0.279**	0.002	0.279**	0.002	0.282**	0.002	0.184**	0.002	0.184**	0.002
Hispanics	−0.056**	0.004	−0.056**	0.004	−0.060**	0.004	−0.115**	0.004	−0.115**	0.004
Gini index [0–18]			6.769**	1.173	6.508**	1.059	6.712**	1.147	6.702**	1.146
Disease index before 17					0.291**	0.001	0.281**	0.001	0.281**	0.001
Parental smoking before 17					0.158**	0.002	0.135**	0.002	0.135**	0.002
Mother’s education (ref: less than high school)
High school graduate					−0.144**	0.002	−0.094**	0.002	−0.094**	0.002
Some college					−0.183**	0.003	−0.092**	0.003	−0.092**	0.003
College graduate					−0.184**	0.003	−0.068**	0.003	−0.068**	0.003
Graduate degree					−0.176**	0.005	−0.023**	0.005	−0.023**	0.005
Highest grade attained							−0.036**	0.000	−0.036**	0.000
Family income to needs ratio							−0.019**	0.000	−0.019**	0.000
Marital/cohabitating status							−0.121**	0.002	−0.121**	0.002
Period macro measures
Gini index									0.144	1.924
Percent of college									−0.133	0.069
Percent of union									−0.268*	0.114
GDP growth rate									0.001	0.017
Unemployment rate									0.020	0.025
Random Effects
Birth cohorts
Early children of depression (1925–1930)	−0.446**	0.130	−0.314**	0.059	−0.284**	0.054	−0.307**	0.058	−0.307**	0.058
Late children of depression (1931–1942)	−0.310*	0.129	−0.001	0.076	−0.017	0.069	−0.021	0.074	−0.021	0.074
War babies (1943–1945)	−0.158	0.129	0.134	0.074	0.124	0.067	0.122	0.073	0.122	0.072
Early-baby Boomers (1946–1955)	−0.082	0.129	0.132*	0.066	0.124*	0.059	0.141*	0.064	0.141*	0.064
Late-baby Boomers (1956–1964)	−0.118	0.129	−0.019	0.057	−0.002	0.051	−0.001	0.056	−0.001	0.056
Early-gen Xers (1965–1972)	0.046	0.129	−0.007	0.055	−0.002	0.050	0.005	0.054	0.005	0.054
Late-gen Xers (1973–1980)	0.436**	0.130	0.083	0.082	0.059	0.074	0.072	0.080	0.072	0.080
Gen Yers (1981–1995)	0.633**	0.130	−0.008	0.123	−0.002	0.111	−0.011	0.121	−0.011	0.120
Survey years
1999	−0.111**	0.021	−0.111**	0.021	−0.104**	0.020	−0.103**	0.020	0.006	0.044
2001	−0.059	0.020	−0.059**	0.020	−0.055**	0.020	−0.053**	0.020	−0.040	0.033
2003	0.019	0.020	0.019	0.020	0.025	0.020	0.025	0.020	0.023	0.038
2005	0.059**	0.020	0.059**	0.020	0.062**	0.020	0.063**	0.020	0.018	0.031
2007	0.050*	0.020	0.050*	0.020	0.051**	0.020	0.051**	0.020	0.003	0.038
2009	0.023	0.020	0.023	0.020	0.020	0.020	0.022	0.020	0.026	0.040
2011	0.009	0.020	0.009	0.020	0.002	0.020	−0.001	0.020	−0.027	0.039
2013	0.010	0.020	0.010	0.020	−0.002	0.020	−0.003	0.020	−0.008	0.043
Variance components
Birth cohorts	0.134*	0.072	0.024*	0.014	0.019*	0.011	0.023*	0.013	0.022*	0.013
Survey years	0.003*	0.002	0.003*	0.002	0.003*	0.002	0.003*	0.002	0.002	0.002
Pseudo-BIC	2,205,878		2,205,889		1,990,867		1,930,704		1,930,770
Sample size	12,924		12,924		12,924		12,924		12,924
Observations	68,271		68,271		68,271		68,271		68,271

Notes:

^*<0.05

^**<0.01

Abbreviations: Coef., regression coefficients or variance estimates for random effect; S.E, standard error.