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Table 5 Multinomial logit model marginal effects 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)

Intercept

−0.353

0.048

0.272

0.026

 

(−2.91)***

(1.51)

(4.51)***

(0.65)

Age (years)

0.019

−0.002

−0.007

−0.002

(11.94)***

(−3.11)***

(−8.69)***

(−3.72)***

Presence of:

0.210

−0.007

−0.094

−0.020

Children under 6 years or age 6 to 11 (1 = yes)

(5.38)***

(−0.72)

(−5.24)***

(−1.86)*

Children age 12 to 18 (1 = yes)

−0.032

0.010

−0.009

0.003

(−0.94)

(1.31)

(−0.67)

(0.31)

Children over 18 and away (1 = yes)

−0.033

0.014

0.004

0.015

(−1.08)

(1.74)*

(0.31)

(1.84)*

Farm woman educational attainment

−0.105

−0.016

0.008

0.017

High school graduate

(−1.59)

(−1.01)

(0.23)

(0.69)

Vocational/technical school/some college

−0.104

−0.023

0.011

0.012

(−1.51)

(−1.34)

(0.33)

(0.46)

College graduate

−0.171

−0.014

0.038

0.039

(−2.34)**

(−0.77)

(1.06)

(1.49)

Post graduate

−0.230

0.003

0.082

0.050

Reference Category: Less than high school

(−2.83)***

(0.18)

(2.19)**

(1.86)*

Farm man educational attainment

−0.119

0.007

0.024

0.018

High school graduate

(−2.54)**

(0.48)

(0.91)

(1.02)

Vocational/technical school/some college

−0.118

0.012

0.038

0.018

(−2.30)**

(0.81)

(1.37)

(0.94)

College graduate

−0.132

0.021

0.023

0.008

(−2.28)**

(1.27)

(0.76)

(0.39)

Post graduate

−0.096

−0.003

0.033

0.012

Reference category: Less than high school

(−1.42)

(−0.14)

(0.98)

(0.52)

Farm characteristics

0.0002

−0.0001

−0.0001

−0.00004

Land owned (acres)

(7.07)***

(−4.17)***

(−3.19)***

(−3.23)***

Labor market characteristics

−0.093

−0.013

0.126

0.036

Commuting zone population growth rate (1990–2000)

(−0.68)

(−0.33)

(1.95)**

(0.88)

Commuting zone unemployment rate (2000)

0.541

−0.127

0.105

−0.103

(0.63)

(−0.50)

(0.24)

(−0.37)

ERS farm production regions

0.017

0.002

−0.018

−0.020

Northern Crescent

(0.44)

(0.20)

(−0.96)

(−1.70)*

Eastern Uplands and Mississippi Portal

0.013

−0.006

0.009

−0.007

(0.36)

(−0.53)

(0.54)

(−0.66)

Southern Seaboard

0.040

−0.014

0.009

−0.013

(0.82)

(−0.95)

(0.43)

(−0.95)

Fruitful Rim

0.106

0.007

−0.053

−0.018

(1.89)*

(0.46)

(−1.85)*

(−1.09)

Basin and Range

0.104

−0.008

−0.068

−0.036

(1.52)

(−0.37)

(−1.74)*

(−1.38)

Reference category: Heartland, Northern Great Plains, Prairie Gateway

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)

Intercept

0.027

0.066

−0.081

−0.005

(0.66)

(1.14)

(−1.72)*

(−0.06)

Age (years)

−0.002

−0.003

0.001

−0.004

(−3.78)***

(−4.03)***

(1.09)

(−4.23)***

Presence of:

−0.017

−0.014

0.004

−0.062

Children under 6 years or age 6 to 11 (1 = yes)

(−1.68)*

(−0.73)

(0.25)

(−2.84)***

Children age 12 to 18 (1 = yes)

0.005

−0.009

0.020

0.011

(0.66)

(−0.57)

(1.39)

(0.64)

Children over 18 and away (1 = yes)

0.017

−0.009

−0.016

0.007

(2.12)**

(−0.60)

(−1.13)

(0.42)

Farm woman educational attainment

0.002

−0.024

−0.012

0.130

High school graduate

(0.10)

(−0.82)

(−0.54)

(2.14)**

Vocational/technical school/some college

−0.007

−0.029

−0.010

0.149

(−0.32)

(−0.96)

(−0.42)

(2.44)**

College graduate

−0.004

−0.043

−0.002

0.158

(−0.18)

(−1.30)

(−0.08)

(2.53)**

Post graduate

0.013

−0.122

−0.040

0.245

Reference category: Less than high school

(0.54)

(−2.83)***

(−1.08)

(3.97)***

Farm man educational attainment

0.056

0.027

−0.015

0.003

High school graduate

(2.41)**

(1.03)

(−0.87)

(0.09)

Vocational/technical school/some college

0.055

0.038

−0.003

−0.040

(2.28)**

(1.35)

(−0.15)

(−1.31)

College graduate

0.059

0.056

−0.013

−0.022

(2.34)**

(1.81)*

(−0.58)

(−0.66)

Post graduate

0.047

0.131

−0.076

−0.048

Reference Category: Less than high school

(1.68)*

(4.14)***

(−1.98)**

(−1.22)

Farm characteristics

−0.00005

−0.00004

0.00002

0.00003

Land owned (acres)

(−3.46)***

(−1.82)*

(4.95)***

(4.17)***

Labor market characteristics

−0.063

−0.037

−0.027

0.072

Commuting zone population growth rate (1990–2000)

(−1.43)

(−0.52)

(−0.46)

(0.95)

Commuting zone unemployment rate (2000)

−0.431

0.324

−0.288

−0.021

(−1.49)

(0.76)

(−0.77)

(−0.04)

ERS farm production regions

0.002

0.031

0.006

−0.020

Northern Crescent

(0.18)

(1.62)*

(0.39)

(−0.96)

Eastern Uplands and Mississippi Portal

0.011

0.037

−0.014

−0.044

(1.00)

(1.95)**

(−0.78)

(−1.98)**

Southern Seaboard

−0.024

0.059

−0.038

−0.018

(−1.28)

(2.59)***

(−1.42)

(−0.67)

Fruitful Rim

0.004

0.010

0.014

−0.068

(0.23)

(0.32)

(0.59)

(−1.96)*

Basin and Range

0.008

0.032

0.026

−0.058

(0.38)

(0.97)

(1.00)

(−1.39)

Reference category: Heartland, Northern Great Plains, Prairie Gateway

Model Performance Indicators

Number of observations : 2176 Log likelihood function: -3225.244 Restricted log likelihood: -3446.011

Chi squared : 441.5335***

  1. *** = statistically significant at the 0.01 level; ** = significant at 0.05 level; * = significant at 0.10 level.
  2. 1t-statistics are shown in parentheses.