Dependent variable: Uninsured Adults 19-64 without Dependents
2009-2010 data for 49 states except MA
All variables are proportions and measured as "logits."
coefficient std. error t-ratio p-value
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const 1.22691 0.347772 3.528 0.0010 ***
lgt_U3 0.728698 0.0918831 7.931 5.94e-10 ***
lgt_Extr+Cons 0.280012 0.0747943 3.744 0.0005 ***
lgt_UnPriv −0.164442 0.0460793 −3.569 0.0009 ***
lgt_NotEng 0.119194 0.0296539 4.020 0.0002 ***
lgt_McCain 0.217339 0.0810080 2.683 0.0103 **
S.E. of regression 0.141875 Adjusted R-squared 0.726246
The predictors include:
U(3) – the state’s U(3) unemployment rate;
Extr+Cons – the proportion of the state’s workforce in mining, logging, and construction;
UnPriv – the proportion of the state’s private workforce that is unionized;
NotEng – the proportion of the state’s citizens who have no English language skills;
McCain – the proportion of the state’s 2008 Presidential vote won by Republican John McCain
Sources:
U(3) – Bureau of Labor Statistics, Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization for States, 2010;
Extr+Cons – Bureau of the Census, Table 631. Employees in Nonfarm Establishments–States: 2010
UnPriv – Barry Hirsch and David Macpherson, Union Membership and Coverage Database from the CPS
NotEng – Census Bureau, Table 4A. Population 5 Years and Over Speaking a Language Other Than English at Home by English-Speaking Ability by State: 2007; percent responding “not at all” to speaking ability;
McCain – David Leap, Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, Results for 2008
