Table 3 Descriptive statistics for variables for work status and health insurance categories, 2001 survey 1
From: US Farm households: joint decision making and impact of health insurance on labor market outcomes
Variable | No off-farm work (Y = 0) | Farm woman works part-time with no health insurance & spouse works full-time with health insurance (Y = 1) | Farm woman works full-time with health insurance & spouse works full-time with health insurance (Y = 2) | Farm woman works full-time with health insurance & spouse works full-time with no health insurance (Y = 3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 58.730 | 46.727 | 45.887 | 47.000 |
(0.477) | (0.924) | (0.595) | (0.906) | |
Presence of: | 0.135 | 0.295 | 0.212 | 0.247 |
Children under 6 years or age 6 to 11 (1 = yes) | (0.014) | (0.049) | (0.029) | (0.046) |
Children age 12 to 18 (1 = yes) | 0.137 | 0.420 | 0.305 | 0.360 |
(0.014) | (0.053) | (0.032) | (0.051) | |
Children over 18 and away (1 = yes) | 0.039 | 0.080 | 0.094 | 0.101 |
(0.008) | (0.029) | (0.020) | (0.032) | |
Farm woman educational attainment | 0.383 | 0.295 | 0.256 | 0.258 |
High school graduate | (0.020) | (0.049) | (0.031) | (0.047) |
Vocational/technical school/some college | 0.416 | 0.466 | 0.453 | 0.438 |
(0.020) | (0.053) | (0.035) | (0.053) | |
College graduate | 0.092 | 0.182 | 0.197 | 0.247 |
(0.012) | (0.041) | (0.028) | (0.046) | |
Post graduate | 0.045 | 0.125 | 0.143 | 0.146 |
Reference Category: Less than high school | (0.008) | (0.035) | (0.025) | (0.038) |
Farm man educational attainment | 0.415 | 0.386 | 0.394 | 0.449 |
High school graduate | (0.020) | (0.052) | (0.034) | (0.053) |
Vocational/technical school/some college | 0.217 | 0.295 | 0.320 | 0.292 |
(0.017) | (0.049) | (0.033) | (0.048) | |
College graduate | 0.114 | 0.182 | 0.143 | 0.124 |
(0.013) | (0.041) | (0.025) | (0.035) | |
Post graduate | 0.063 | 0.057 | 0.089 | 0.090 |
Reference category: Less than high school | (0.010) | (0.025) | (0.020) | (0.030) |
Farm characteristics | 623.294 | 133.477 | 171.463 | 154.573 |
Land owned (acres) | (77.142) | (27.170) | (33.628) | (18.283) |
Labor market characteristics | 0.110 | 0.108 | 0.121 | 0.115 |
Commuting zone population growth rate (1990–2000) | (0.004) | (0.010) | (0.008) | (0.011) |
Commuting zone unemployment rate (2000) | 0.041 | 0.039 | 0.039 | 0.038 |
(0.001) | (0.002) | (0.001) | (0.002) | |
ERS farm production regions | 0.143 | 0.205 | 0.138 | 0.124 |
Northern Crescent | (0.014) | (0.043) | (0.024) | (0.035) |
Eastern Uplands and Mississippi Portal | 0.175 | 0.182 | 0.251 | 0.213 |
(0.015) | (0.041) | (0.031) | (0.044) | |
Southern Seaboard | 0.109 | 0.068 | 0.128 | 0.090 |
(0.013) | (0.027) | (0.024) | (0.030) | |
Fruitful Rim | 0.109 | 0.114 | 0.064 | 0.079 |
(0.013) | (0.034) | (0.017) | (0.029) | |
Basin and Range Reference category: Heartland, Northern Great Plains, Prairie Gateway | 0.050 | 0.034 | 0.025 | 0.022 |
(0.009) | (0.019) | (0.011) | (0.016) | |
Total Income | 5.090 | 5.862 | 6.288 | 5.746 |
(0.116) | (0.202) | (0.111) | (0.195) | |
Household size | 2.703 | 3.409 | 3.113 | 3.056 |
(0.059) | (0.133) | (0.127) | (0.106) | |
Housel size*Total income (Interaction variable0) | 14.673 | 20.362 | 19.199 | 17.841 |
(0.574) | (1.313) | (0.673) | (1.013) | |
Variable | Farm woman works full-time with no health insurance & spouse works full-time with health insurance (Y = 4) | Farm woman does not work & spouse works full-time with health insurance (Y = 5) | Farm woman works part-time with no health insurance & spouse does not work (Y = 6) | Farm woman works full-time with health insurance & spouse does not work (Y = 7) |
Age (years) | 46.714 | 49.050 | 52.839 | 49.189 |
(0.710) | (0.824) | (1.167) | (0.617) | |
Presence of: | 0.245 | 0.242 | 0.194 | 0.189 |
Children under 6 years or age 6 to 11 (1 = yes) | (0.044) | (0.034) | (0.041) | (0.030) |
Children age 12 to 18 (1 = yes) | 0.398 | 0.255 | 0.269 | 0.309 |
(0.050) | (0.034) | (0.046) | (0.035) | |
Children over 18 and away (1 = yes) | 0.143 | 0.062 | 0.065 | 0.069 |
(0.036) | (0.019) | (0.026) | (0.019) | |
Farm woman educational attainment | 0.357 | 0.298 | 0.301 | 0.297 |
High school graduate | (0.049) | (0.036) | (0.048) | (0.035) |
Vocational/technical school/some college | 0.459 | 0.472 | 0.484 | 0.446 |
(0.051) | (0.039) | (0.052) | (0.038) | |
College graduate | 0.153 | 0.174 | 0.172 | 0.171 |
(0.037) | (0.030) | (0.039) | (0.029) | |
Post graduate | 0.102 | 0.037 | 0.032 | 0.154 |
Reference category: Less than high school | (0.031) | (0.015) | (0.018) | (0.027) |
Farm man educational attainment | 0.490 | 0.379 | 0.398 | 0.480 |
High school graduate | (0.051) | (0.038) | (0.051) | (0.038) |
Vocational/technical school/some college | 0.286 | 0.255 | 0.312 | 0.229 |
(0.046) | (0.034) | (0.048) | (0.032) | |
College graduate | 0.143 | 0.137 | 0.129 | 0.149 |
(0.036) | (0.027) | (0.035) | (0.027) | |
Post graduate | 0.061 | 0.155 | 0.022 | 0.069 |
Reference Category: Less than high school | (0.024) | (0.029) | (0.015) | (0.019) |
Farm characteristics | 155.306 | 189.255 | 737.204 | 498.480 |
Land owned (acres) | (35.825) | (45.367) | (214.578) | (99.812) |
Labor market characteristics | 0.096 | 0.113 | 0.098 | 0.099 |
Commuting zone population growth rate (1990–2000) | (0.010) | (0.009) | (0.009) | (0.009) |
Commuting zone unemployment rate (2000) | 0.038 | 0.042 | 0.038 | 0.038 |
(0.002) | (0.001) | (0.002) | (0.001) | |
ERS farm production regions | 0.184 | 0.174 | 0.172 | 0.149 |
Northern Crescent | (0.039) | (0.030) | (0.039) | (0.027) |
Eastern Uplands and Mississippi Portal | 0.245 | 0.248 | 0.140 | 0.149 |
(0.044) | (0.034) | (0.036) | (0.027) | |
Southern Seaboard | 0.041 | 0.143 | 0.043 | 0.091 |
(0.020) | (0.028) | (0.021) | (0.022) | |
Fruitful Rim | 0.071 | 0.087 | 0.097 | 0.057 |
(0.026) | (0.022) | (0.031) | (0.018) | |
Basin and Range Reference category: Heartland, Northern Great Plains, Prairie Gateway | 0.041 | 0.056 | 0.065 | 0.034 |
(0.020) | (0.018) | (0.026) | (0.014) | |
Total Income | 6.088 | 5.939 | 4.946 | 5.864 |
(0.193) | (0.174) | (0.288) | (0.159) | |
Household size | 3.265 | 3.143 | 2.871 | 2.943 |
(0.128) | (0.121) | (0.126) | (0.083) | |
Housel size*Total income (Interaction variable0) | 21.491 | 17.602 | 15.500 | 17.552 |
(1.272) | (0.887) | (1.550) | (0.768) |