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Table 4 Effect of parental job loss on adolescent mental health: selected OLS and fixed effects estimates

From: Job loss and the mental health of spouses and adolescent children

A. Effect of father’s job loss

(1)

(2)

(3)

 Father’s job loss

−0.422

−0.777

−0.116

 

(1.064)

(1.041)

(0.968)

 Controls

No

Yes

Yes

 Fixed effects

No

No

Yes

  R-squared

0.000

0.063

0.020

 Rho

  

0.594

 Person-year observations

8098

7805

7805

 Job loss cases

245

242

242

B. Effect of mother’s job loss

(1)

(2)

(3)

 Mother’s job loss

−1.927

−2.324*

−0.534

 

(1.120)

(1.101)

(1.033)

 Controls

No

Yes

Yes

 Fixed effects

No

No

Yes

  R-squared

0.000

0.060

0.017

 Rho

  

0.589

 Person-year observations

10,056

9722

9722

 Job loss cases

221

220

220

  1. Notes: Standard errors reported in parentheses. Full coefficient estimates are available in Additional file 1
  2. *p < .05; **p < .01