Feeling useless: the effect of unemployment on mental health in the Great Recession

Table 2 Unemployment and health (OLS)

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
Variables	Reported good health	Reported good health	Mental disorder diagnosed by doctor	Mental disorder diagnosed by doctor	Chronic backpain diagnosed by doctor	Chronic backpain diagnosed by doctor	Heart disease diagnosed by doctor	Stroke diagnosed by doctor
Unemployed	− 0.0834*** (0.00831)	− 0.0829*** (0.00831)	0.0458*** (0.00549)	0.0452*** (0.00643)	0.0111 (0.00890)	0.0124* (0.00635)	0.00926** (0.00377)	0.00288** (0.00145)
Male	0.0613*** (0.00557)
Under 40	0.123*** (0.00554)
Province and year fixed effects	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cell and year fixed effects	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Survey years	2001–2011	2001–2011	2001–2011	2006–2011	2006–2011	2006–2011	2006–2011	2006–2011
Observations	46,330	46,330	46,358	25,544	25,544	25,544	25,544	25,544
R-squared	0.041	0.047	0.053	0.049	0.061	0.050	0.019	0.009

Robust standard errors in parentheses. ***p<0.01, **p<0.05, *p<0.1. Cells are formed by all possible interactions between a dummy for male, a dummy for under 40 and 51 province dummies (2×2×51=204 cells)